Eddie "Cousin Eddie" Garafola pronounced /d???ni?n ???r?f?lo? of New York, is a Gambino crime family associate who was involved in the construction industry. Garafola was the brother-in-law of former underboss and informant Sammy "The Bull" Gravano. He is married to Fran, Salvatore Gravano's sister. In May 1985, Garafola was charged with tax evasion for failing to report income from a New York discotheque that he owned with Gravano. On March 2, 2000, Garafola was charged with racketeering in a classic "Pump and dump" stock fraud and money laundering scheme that allegedly cost investors $41 million over a three-year period. Garafola was specifically charged with trying to extort $100,000 from a stockbroker. Gravano later claimed that Garafola, in a jailhouse visit, suggested both of them cooperate with the government: "It's my whining brother-in-law Eddie, a whining motherf**ker all my life, who puts the idea in my head. He's caused me nothing but trouble with his devious ways, always looking for the angle. A couple of guys in my crew wanted to whack him. You can't trust him, they said. But he's got a big edge with me.