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Anthony Mascuzzio sentenced to 7 years in prison

Anthony Mascuzzio, 38, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 7 years in prison on Friday for his role in two 2016 bank burglaries.

Mascuzzio was part of a crew that burglarized an HSBC bank in Brooklyn and a Maspeth Federal Savings Bank in Queens. They used oxygen and acetylene torches to cut through the roofs and into the vaults of both banks. According to prosecutors, the total amount of the loss is almost $21 million.

The crew also included Michael Mazzara, Charles Kerrigan, and Christopher Kerrigan.

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Michael Mazzara sentenced to 11 years in prison

On Friday, April 13, 2018, Michael Mazzara, 45, of Brooklyn, New York, appeared before U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest for sentencing in Manhattan federal court. 

Michael Mazzara’s December 2017 guilty plea

Mazzara had pled guilty to two counts of bank theft before Judge Forrest exactly four months earlier on December 13. The  charges related to the theft of cash and property from an HSBC Bank branch in Brooklyn in April 2016, and a Maspeth Federal Savings Bank branch in Queens in May 2016. The deposits of both banks were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

According to court records, Mazzara had signed a plea agreement with the government where he admitted he was the was the leader of the HSBC heist, and agreed to return items stolen from the banks and to make restitution to the victims. Both parties also agreed to a sentencing range of 97 to 121 months in prison.

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Charles Kerrigan sentenced to 16 years in prison

Updated: November 20, 2019

On April 11, 2018 in Manhattan federal court, Charles “Duke” Kerrigan, 42, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for his role in two 2016 bank burglaries.

The Mazzara burglary crew

Kerrigan was part of a burglary crew that targeted banks in and around New York City. They typically broke into bank vaults and safe deposit boxes by cutting through a roof or a wall. The crew included Michael Mazzara, Anthony Mascuzzio, and Kerrigan’s younger brother Christopher Kerrigan.

The crew burglarized an HSBC bank branch in Brooklyn in April 2016, and a Maspeth Federal Savings Bank branch in Queens in May 2016. They stole approximately $331,000 in cash and $103,000 in property from the HSBC bank, and approximately $297,000 in cash and $20,157,000 in property from the Maspeth bank.

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Staten Island man sentenced to prison for bank burglaries

Excerpt from FBI surveillance video.

On Friday morning in Manhattan federal court, Christopher Kerrigan, 41, of Staten Island, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for his role in two 2016 bank burglaries in Brooklyn and Queens, New York.

Kerrigan was part of a burglary crew that targeted banks in the New York City area, and usually broke into bank vaults and safe deposit boxes by cutting through a roof or a wall. The crew included Michael Mazzara, Anthony Mascuzzio, and Kerrigan’s older brother Charles Kerrigan. All of the defendants have already pled guilty. Christopher Kerrigan was the first to be sentenced.

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Four men plead guilty to two 2016 bank burglaries

The HSBC Bank branch on 13th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

On December 15, 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that four men had pled guilty to participating in two 2016 bank burglaries. 

Michael Mazzara, Charles Kerrigan, Christopher Kerrigan, and Anthony Mascuzzio burglarized an HSBC Bank branch in Brooklyn and a Maspeth Federal Savings Bank branch in Queens over two weekends in April and May 2016, respectively. Both banks were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The Mazzara burglary crew used acetylene blowtorches to cut into the bank vaults from the roofs of the buildings. They stole over $20 million in cash and valuables from the bank vaults and safe deposit boxes.