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Michael Franzese

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74 Years Old

Michael Franzese (born May 27, 1951) is an American former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss John Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s. By the age of 35, in 1986, Fortune Magazine listed Franzese as number 18 on its list of the "Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses". Franzese had claimed that at the height of his career, he was making up to $8 million per week. In 1986, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges, released in 1989, rearrested in 1991 for a parole violation, and ultimately released in 1994. Soon after, he retired to California and is now a motivational speaker and writer.

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA on 27th May 1951

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Fear City: New York vs The Mafia Image
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia
Self. Captain. Colombo Family (gasoline scheme)
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Mafia States of America
Michael Franzese
Let There Be Light Image
Let There Be Light
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The Definitive Guide to the Mob Image
The Definitive Guide to the Mob
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