Greek caught up in Gatto bashing allegations

Greek Australian building industry figure Jim Moschoyiannis (foto) is alleged to have been one of two people bashed by Mick Gatto over a building industry turf war, according to a front page report in The Sunday Age on January 10.
The report has been denied by all parties alleged to have been involved in the incident. However the Sunday Age insists on veracity of the information citing unnamed sources.
The Sunday Age writes that Mr Moschoyiannis who is the director of building companu LU Simon along with his close friend and fellow industry heavy weight, Frank Cicerale had a meeting with Mr Gatto and his business partner Matt Tomas at a Lygon St restaurant on December 14 to discuss the use of cranes on building sites.
During that meeting the two developers are alleged to have been assaulted by Mr Gatto and given an ultimatum by Mr Gatto to come up with $1 million each as compensation for not using his cranes.
The incident is said to have been motivated by a battle for control of crane contracts on Melbourne building sites.
However, all four who were contacted by the newspaper refuted the information.
Mr Moschoyiannis and a Gatto associate who was said to be present, Mr Tomas, denied that a meeting ever took place altogether.
However Mr Cicerale confirmed the pre-Christmas meeting but dismissed the information that he was beaten.
The newspaper claimed that both men did not resist their attacker with Mr Cicerale beaten so severely that he had to be taken to hospita
(source: neos kosmos)