Not actual gang members; just making gang symbols

Federal agents on Wednesday busted 11 alleged Chinatown mobsters that've been using brutal violence to corner the lucrative private bus and van market. Officials claim the Banya Organization started targeting two bus companies in 2005, trying to get a piece of the airport escorting pie. Not so shockingly, they also specialized in trafficking the drug Special K, which was all the rage in college, but … still? Anyhow, like true mobsters, members of the Banya gang gave themselves truly awesome names. We've disguised them in this mix of real and fake names Jossip just made up. Can you spot the authentic mob monikers?

Lychee Martini
Fatty
Boombalatty
Big Flower
General Tso
Cream of Some Young Guy
Vegetable Duck
Spring Roll

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You can tell Clyde Haberman's suggestion in the New York Times, that the mafia make use of its family names as brands, comes marinated with sarcasm. But it is the Times his memorandum appears in, so let's take the idea semi-seriously for a moment.

Families like the Gottis and Gambinos all have insta-recognizable names, except the only place you're used to seeing them is in the New York Post, when someone gets cuffed. Why not slap them on a sports arena? A shopping center? Isn't there value in a Castellano Building?

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