Five New Jersey men pleaded guilty pleaded Wednesday for their roles in various financial schemes that kicked money up to the Genovese Crime Family, included loansharking and illegal sports gambling operations that raked in millions of dollars.

The men were indicted in a 2014 joint operation by multiple law enforcement agencies dubbed “Operation Fistful,” according to a release from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.

“When those involved in traditional organized crime engage in schemes such as loansharking and illegal gambling, they profit at the expense of victims who are struggling with debt, gambling problems, and other issues,” said New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said. “By prosecuting the men who ran these schemes and putting key defendants behind bars, we send a message that we will not tolerate these corrosive criminal activities that harm individuals, families and society as a whole.”

The money made in their schemes was collected and laundered through licensed and unlicensed check-cashing businesses in Newark run by alleged Genovese associate Domenick Pucillo, 61, of Florham Park, officials said.

Pucillo and others were allegedly part of a New Jersey crew of Genovese crime family that was overseen by Vito Alberti, 60, of Morristown, a reputed Genovese soldier and Charles “Chuckie” Tuzzo, of Bayside, N.Y., a reputed family capo, the release stated.

Tuzzo was not listed amongst those who plead guilty Wednesday and charges against him were still pending, the attorney general’s office said.

The five members who plead guilty were charged, in varying combinations, with running the criminal schemes, which allegedly generated “tribute” payments up the Genovese chain of command, authorities said.

Pucillo, Alberti, Robert Spagnola, 71, of Morganville, and Tuzzo ran the loansharking operation, which yielded about $4.7 million in illegal proceeds.

Vincent Coppola, 42, of Union City, and Jerry Albanese, of Scotch Plains, were in charged with running an “illicit multi-million dollar” offshore sports gambling enterprise, according to the release.

Charges against Albanese were also pending.

Pucillo, Manuel Rodriguez, 53, of Chatham, and Abel J. Rodrigues, of Bridgewater, helped run an unlicensed check-cashing business that earned the Genovese family $9 million in four years. The men also enabled their customers to launder the funds and evade taxes by skirting federal reporting requirements.

Rodrigues’ charges were also still pending.

Alberti, Spagnola, Coppola, Rodrigues and Rodriguez were also named as the crime family members who ran a tax fraud and evasion scheme.

Pucillo, pleaded guilty to first-degree conspiracy to commit money laundering and Rodriguez pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Alberti and Spagnola plead guilty to criminal usury and Coppola pleaded guilty to promoting gambling.

They are scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 20.

Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrsheldon Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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