 Crea, a loyal Amuso underboss began sending a larger amount of the crime family's profits to the imprisoned boss, which convinced Amuso that DeFede had been skimming profits from the crime family the whole time he was acting boss.Amuso decided to put out a contract on DeFede's life in late 1999.On September 6, 2000, Crea and seven other Lucchese members were arrested and jailed on extortion charges.