Two alleged members of Philadelphia's La Cosa Nostra were arrested Thursday in New Jersey on racketeering charges.

The two, Joseph Licata, 70, of Florham Park, N.J., and Louis Fazzini, 45, of Caldwell, N.J., were named on a second superseding indictment that replaces an indictment returned last May 23 that named 12 other alleged members of La Costra Nostra, literally "Our Thing" in Sicilian dialect.

The 12 were named in the superseding indictment.

Licata served as a "caporegime" of North Jersey crew of the Philadelphia crime family and supervised Fazzini, a fully initiated or "made" member of this crew, in an illegal sports gambling business and other activities, the superseding indictment said. Both were arrested in Newark.

The 52-count second superseding indictment also names those in the 2011 indictment: alleged Philadelphia LCN acting boss Joseph Ligambi, Philadelphia LCN underboss Joseph Massimino, George Borgesi, Martin Angelina, Anthony Staino Jr., Gaeton Lucibello, Damion Canalichio, Louis Barretta, Gary Battaglini, Robert Verrecchia, Eric Esposito and Robert Ranieri.

The superseding indictment alleged from 2003 to 2011, Ligambi illegally caused the Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity to pay the cost of health benefits provided to him and several of his family members through a "no show" job at Top Job Disposal.

Top Job is a Philadelphia-based waste hauling and removal company, the department said. As a "no show" employee, he allegedly performed no work while still receiving pay and health benefits.

Some defendants even committed racketeering activities while behind bars, the second superseding indictment alleged. While in prison Borgesi and Massimino allegedly used intermediaries to operate criminal businesses and to make extortion demands.

Each charge of racketeering conspiracy, collection of unlawful debt, collection of extensions of credit through extortionate means, making extortionate extensions of credit, financing extortionate extensions of credit and witness tampering carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine upon conviction, the department said. The illegal gambling and theft from an employee benefit plan charges each carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. (c) UPI