On October 5, underworld figure Mick Gatto offered an unsolicited proposition to veteran Melbourne architect Joseph Toscano.
Toscano was told he could sit down with the underworld figure to resolve the architect’s commercial dispute with building company Cobolt Constructions, who Gatto claimed to be representing.
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Nick McKenzieInvestigative reporterNick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has twice been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 16 Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs and criminal justice. Email Nick at nickmckenzie@protonmail.com