Prosecutors want his $1.2M Fire Island beach house
Long Island prosecutors are looking to seize a $1.2 million home on Fire Island from the accused boss of a long-running prostitution ring that allegedly operated two brothels across Suffolk County with help from a cop and a gym teacher, court records show.
The ritzy beachfront home is part of a $1.96 million civil forfeiture case filed against Frank Saggio, a 60-year-old convicted felon and admitted associate of the mafia, who claimed to have worked for all five major New York families.
The Ocean Beach property was paid for with money raked in through the illegal scheme, and purchased by a corporation controlled by Saggio using proceeds from a brothel in Holbrook, according to prosecutors.
Saggio, of West Islip, and his mistress, 32-year-old Dana Ciardullo, of East Meadow, were busted in October alongside Islip gym teacher Steven Arey, 54, and veteran six-time Suffolk “Cop of the Month” George Trimigliozzi, 56, in a sweeping 58-count indictment accusing them of enterprise corruption and promoting prostitution, court records show.
Saggio allegedly ran the brothels from October 2019 through June 2024.
Trimigliozzi and Arey acted as managers at the American Girls Spa location in Holbrook along Sunrise Highway, while Ciardullo ran the West Babylon spot inside an adult store known as Tunnel of Love, prosecutors said.
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