| abstract
| - "Michael Franzese was one of the most powerful and richest gangsters in America, and one of the most intelligent and successful Mobsters in American Mafia history. In 1982, Michael Franzese had an outstanding net worth of $10 Billion, (which is equivalent to $48 Billion as of 2017), Franzese lived like a king, and could do anything he wanted to do, he lived in a $60 Million, 48,000 square foot mega mansion in New York City, he had a $2 Million condo in Staten Island, he had a few apartments in Brooklyn, New York, he had a $5 Million, 8,000 square foot mansion in Manhattan, he had a $1 Million luxury house in Las Vegas, he had a $1.5 Million luxury beach house in Miami Florida, he had a $10 Million beach house in the Bahamas, he had a dozens of jet aircraft's, helicopter's, airplane's, he had a 500 foot luxury mega-yacht, he had five, 200 foot, luxury yachts, he had 7 luxury boats, he owned a private island in the Bahamas, he had 4 Lamborghini's, 3 Ferrari's, 3 Porsche's. and multiple high-tech weapons, he had an M60 Machine Gun, .50 Caliber Machine Gun, RPG'S, Grenade Launchers, he had a Mini-Gun, he had Sawed-Off Shotguns, AK-47's, Sniper Rifles, Uzi Sub Machine Guns, and Assault Rifles, and hundreds of Grenades. Michael Franzese owned dozens of businesses in New York City, and Miami Florida, such as bars, clubs, five star restaurants, Italian Restaurants, strip clubs, and other legitimate businesses, during the time that he was a captain, he ran a crew of 400 soldiers working for him, that would of done anything he ordered them to do, in a snap of a finger, he also had a hit-squad working for him, with up to 200 ruthless hitmen, he could have had anyone murdered in a heartbeat. Frenzies was fiercely loyal to the Colombo Crime Family, he would of done anything for his crime family, for an example of his loyalty When one of his fellow mobsters was on trial he would often send his crew to intimidate Jurors or the Prosecutor by brutal beatings and death threats or threatening to kill their families, and it always worked for mobsters, they would get extremely intimidated, because they know the mafia's vicious and fearsome reputation, and they know that the mafia is virtually invincible, and will not hesitate to kill them or their families or anybody. Franzese would never bribe a juror, because he knew they had no power, and they would be easy to intimidate, he also felt that it was a waste of money to bribe a Juror because they are just civilians, he always succeeded to intimidate Jurors. Franzese would sometimes even go as far as to intimidate the Judges, which he has succeeded to do, however, Franzese rarely attempted to intimidate Judges because he felt that it would bring to much heat by Law Enforcement, normally Franzese would bribe the Cops, Judges, District Attorneys, and U.S. Attorneys, which he also succeeded to do. It was Unbelievable the immense power, influences, and extremely long reach, that Michael Franzese had. Not only did Franzese make Billions of dollars on the Gasoline bootlegging Racket, but he also made an enormous amount of money on, like most Mobsters, Extortion, Loan Sharking, Illegal Gambling, weapons trafficking, wildlife smuggling, Protection Rackets, Fraud, Truck Hijacking, Aircraft Hijacking, skimming, bookmaking, Building Trades, Construction, Waste Management, and Labor Unions. However, he was primarily was focused on making money in the Gasoline Bootlegging Racket. Unlike most Mobsters, Franzese never was involved in Drug Trafficking, or committing many murders. Franzese had Police, Judges, District Attorneys, U.S. Attorneys, Senators, and Politicians on his payroll, he would sometimes even succeed to bribe EPA Agents, IRS Agents, and FBI Agents. Franzese was a Legend in the world of the Mafia, Michael Franzese goes down as one of the most powerful, successful, clever and richest Gangsters in history." According to U.S. Attorney Ed McDonald "During Michael Franzese's mafia career, he used his brains, and he was highly intelligent, very creative, and very sophisticated. Unlike most mobsters, Franzese was not a particularly violent, brutal, and ruthless man, in fact he didn't commit no more than 2 murders, however, what he lacked in violence, brutality, and ruthlessness, he made up for in intelligence, proficiency, shrewdness, and cleverness, and most of all, he was an outstanding and immense money-maker for himself and Colombo crime family, and the Italian-American Mafia as well. I would describe Michael Franzese as a genius, a criminal mastermind, and one of the most successful and clever mobsters in American Mafia history.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)