As federal racketeering indictments were handed down for his group's activities in the Tampa area, Alite fled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in January 2004, and lived and worked in the Copacabana neighborhood, according to the Brazilian Federal Police. He lived there for 10 months before authorities arrested him.

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About John Alite

Upon being released from prison in 2012, Alite collaborated with George Anastasia to publish “Gotti's Rules: The Story of John Alite, Junior Gotti and the Demise of the American Mafia.” Alite chose to decline participation in the Witness Protection Program and now resides in New Jersey.

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John Edward Alite (born September 30, 1962), is an American former Gambino crime family associate, who later became a government witness, agreeing to testify against the crime family and John A. "Junior" Gotti in 2008.