Frank Santora Jr.
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Frank Santora Jr. Santora
Mitra Hormozi told the jury that Louis J. Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa had found their way onto Anthony Casso's payroll through a go-between named Burton Kaplan, a wholesale clothier turned drug dealer, who had met Mr. Eppolito's cousin Frank Santora Jr. in jail. Mr. Santora told Mr. Kaplan he had once "done things" with Mr. Eppolito, and that Mr. Eppolito and his partner, Mr. Caracappa, were "capable guys" according to the government. When Mr. Kaplan got out of jail, he remembered Mr. Santora and his "capable guys", and in 1986, the government contends, he asked the three for help.