Fred Sica, as he was known, was a well known Los Angeles gangster who was associated with many Mobsters, including Bugsy Siegel, Mickey Cohen and also members of the Los Angeles crime family. He was involved in every racket from illegal bookmaking and extortion to prostitution and drug dealing. Fred was once described by a prosecutor as being a "living and breathing crime wave". Fred was also a top lieutenant in the Sica Gang. The gang was made up of Fred Sica's brothers. They were all hardcore hoodlums and led by their crime boss brother Joseph "JS" Sica.