A celebrity chef who once ruled the peaks of 's restaurant scene has admitted to being an active member of the Gambino crime family and committing shocking crimes at the height of his powers in the 1980s and 90s.David Ruggerio, 59, who once ran the kitchens of top Manhattan restaurants Caravelle, Maxim's and Le Chantilly, came clean with the shocking admission in an interview with published on Thursday.Ruggerio -- a former Food Network star who largely dropped out of sight after a 1998 arrest on credit card fraud charges -- admitted in the interview to a staggering range of mob crimes, including heroin dealing, truck hijackings, loan-sharking, bookmaking, extortion, and even participating in gangland murders.
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