Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about MICHAEL FRANZESE!
MichaelFranzese: The insider’s look at Michael Franzese, a former Capo in the Colombo Family in New York.
Michael Franzese – IMDb: Michael Franzese, Producer: Billion Dollar Boss. Michael Franzese grew up the son of the notorious Underboss of New York’s violent Colombo crime family. As Franzese rose within the ranks, he was estimated to have been making 5-8M per week from a gasoline bootlegging scheme, involving the Russian Mafia. He survived countless Grand Jury appearances, 3 state indictments, 2 federal racketeering …
20 years a mobster, Michael Franzese now inspires gangsters to turn their lives around: In 70’s and 80’s Michael Franzese was a boss in New York’s Colombo crime family. He was generating five to eight million dollars a week from legal and illegal businesses and was named one of the biggest money earners the mob had seen since Al Capone, but then he met woman named Camille who changed his life.
Business secrets of the Mafia, Part 3: Michael Franzese, a former capo (vice-president) of the Colombo mob family in New York, decided to quit his former life and go straight.
Mob boss calls a stock bubble: Former mob boss Michael Franzese thinks investors should avoid the U.S. stock market, but should you take his investment advice?
Mob boss calls a stock bubble: Former mob boss Michael Franzese thinks investors should avoid the U.S. stock market, but should you take his investment advice?
Special Report: Michael Franzese talks about quitting the mob: When Michael Franzese was 22 years old he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps. That would have been fine if his father was a banker or a mechanic or a salesman but Michael Franzese’s father was an under boss in the Colombo crime family in New York City.
Special Report: Michael Franzese talks about quitting the mob: When Michael Franzese was 22 years old he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps. That would have been fine if his father was a banker or a mechanic or a salesman but Michael Franzese’s father was an under boss in the Colombo crime family in New York City.
BASEBALL; From Captain to Coach: Ex-Goodfella’s New Life: Article on former organized crime member Michael Franzese decision to leave Mafia after two separate prison terms to become concert promoter, real estate developer and Little League coach; photo (M)
john-gotti-joe-columbo-fbi-investigation-witness: How did Michael Franzese—a capo in the Colombo crime family and one of the richest “made” men since Capone—leave the Mob and take up with the Feds, then live happily ever after in Hollywood? They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Fredric Dannen reports.
Making a killing: Once described as the biggest Mob earner since Al Capone, Michael Franzese has turned his back on the Mafia, founded a Christian ministry …and, amazingly, lived to tell the tale.
Making a killing: Once described as the biggest Mob earner since Al Capone, Michael Franzese has turned his back on the Mafia, founded a Christian ministry …and, amazingly, lived to tell the tale.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: former mobster and caporegime of the colombo crime family is son of former underboss . Michael Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra university . in 1986, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges . he rearrested in 1991 for a parole violation, ultimately being released in 1994 . Franzese had initially believed he had been after the mob allowed John to divorce his first wife, Grillo disappeared, and he married Capobianco.Franzese later moved to Long Island. a flea market owner complained that his partner was using and selling drugs . Franzese agreed to frighten him and become the new partner . Gotti claimed that the scared-off partner was an associate of his in 1980, Franzese became a caporegime of a crew of 300 . Iorizzo was being hassled by associates of another crime family . the pair set up 18 stock-bearer companies under law in Panama, gasoline could be sold tax-free from one wholesale company to the next . Iorizzo, who later turned informant and testified against Franzese, craved power . he cut in Geno in 1986, Fortune magazine listed Franzese as number 18 on its list of the “Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses” he claimed that at the height of his career, he was in 1981, Franzese successfully extorted a role for Walters in the US tour . in 1982, the manager for singer dionne warwick wanted to drop Walters as an agent . Franzese pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and tax conspiracy . he was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay over $14 million in restitution . in 1989, Franzese was released from prison on parole after serving 43 months . in 1991, he was sentenced to four years in federal prison for violating probation requirements . in book, Franzese discusses his criminal activities, life with his father . he also discusses meeting his second wife Camille Garcia . since his release in 1994, Franzese has publicly denounced the life of organized crime . he has become a motivational speaker for youth, at schools, and other venues . in 2003, Franzese published Blood Covenant, an updated and expanded life story . he appeared in the 2013 Inside the American Mob, a national geographic documentary .
