Why did Quiet Dom live such a modest lifestyle?

I remember how his late son in a interview with some reporters said that they didn't have enough money to fix the broken washing machine. Was this a case of Quiet Dom going to extremes to stick to a social security pension budget by not fixing the washing machine?

He lived in the same small house for decades and got around town in a modest car. All those fucking millions of dollars and he didn't get to enjoy it.

Why not setup some legitimate businesses like Daniel Leo did, in order to explain his wealth. Leo lived in a $2 million dollar mansion, so he was enjoying his wealth.

Some of the wealthiest old Italian men my father and grandfather knew lived very modest, if not for there wife's these men would have lived even more modest.

I I mean tan khakis and a white tee shirts stained from whatever they enjoyed weather making wine or doing little projects .

Some did not drive or own a car of there own , of course the children were driving some very nice vehicles.

I wonder why they didn't live it up?

He was a powerfull capo way back in the 80tys probaly made since the late 50tys. Even if he was made in 1974 75. He had the 70tys 80tys 90tys till he was indicted around 2005. That guy made boatloads of case. He had some big time weed pusher in his crew that fliped awhile ago. He said dom was paid.

And he was busted for herion way back in the 50tys probaly had case from back then. Hes daughter told some reporter daiky news hes lives off his ssi monthly check 800bucks yaeh.

The feds raid his house to they found a list of proposed guys to make in the family on his kitchen table i wonder if they turnd the house up. Massino had 10 million in gold bars in his attic this guy dom probaly had something.

I'm surprised he allowed a drug dealer in his crew. Facing hard time for dealing I'm not surprised the guy flipped.

I think that Benjamin castellazzo also live like that

That guy ben the claw used his wifes trailer in new jersey to make himself look poor when the feds arrested him he was at a house his daughter owns in brooklyn. The weed guy who was in doms crew also said he paid gotti jr tribute pushing angle dust in the 80tys he tesified against angelo prisco. Had a construction company but dabbled in drugs till he got caught forgot name.

Because they had / have there head on straight, if there were more like them it would be a lot more of a secret society like it was supposed to be .

Not sure about house but I believe his daughter house is in a very high end multi million house area and in his pictures back in the day he always was wearing fancy expensive clothing. When someone wears $500 cashmere scarves they have cash.

I’m not sure where he is exactly from but those LES guys always seemed to live in cheap rent controlled apartments where it doesn’t make sense to give it up. I think Petey Red does the same thing in LES and guy has had major rackets for decades.

Listened to a Scars interview where he said he is jealous of how wise guys live today, making big legit $ and not having to worry about getting wacked . I agree with him , the life has evolved for a lot of em .

THE FAZIOS Were Kicking up 25k a month to Quiet Dom in the 1990s and 25k a year from the 1980s until 2005 from Sabarros Pizza,which was started by Funzi Tieri’s Nephew and Tons of other people kicking up money to him

Dom is not active today ?

Sabarros stopped paying Tribute after 2005

1.By LES, I assume you mean Lower East Side Manhattan? (I'm just trying to get some clarity as I'm not from the US)

2. Why do the LES guys live in cheap rent controlled apartments? I suppose it's fucking expensive to live in Manhattan?

3. "it doesn’t make sense to give it up"
I know this is slang but what does it mean?


Sorry for my dumb questions, I just got to ask.

The big mob guys have always had legitimate businesses. May be it's becoming more of a thing nowadays or they are just getting really fucking good at making big legit cash?

Yeah they don't have to worry about getting whacked no more.....as long as they don't piss off Madonna and Crea.

The rule is to keep it a secret and a low profile but many in the American Mob forgot this. I remember i read something a Sicilian CN member said, i think it was Giovanni Brusca, toto riinas enforcer. He said he was in US one time and he was ashamed of how their "cousins" in US were behaving, how they were all dressed fancy and talked out loud ifront of their wives and stuff, he said that would get you killed in Sicily.


Domenico Oppedisano , the main man in Ndrangheta was unknown to the police untill his arrest in 2008. He was capo crimine that means the head of Ndrangheta and nobody knew him, he was like a regular farmer. A calabrian prosecutor NIcola gratteri once said that in Calabria you have plenty of billionaires living in old houses driving some old Fiat's and looking like some poor farmers. He was referring to Ndrangheta bosses.

I just read up on him now. He drove around town in a humble three wheel van delivering produce from his orchard at the local market.

Man they go to some lengths some of these guys.

Small minor thing here.....

Oppedisano wasn't really the most powerful boss. He was elected to Capo criminal or whatever for political purposes. They reelect these people, every year. Like the" offices" change. This happens in Polsi, The Holiest Of Mothers. John Dicke explains all this in his book. mafia Republic...

The power behind Oppedisano was Vincenzo Pesce.

No worries at all Neo


Yes Lower East Side . Sorry but hate typing on iPhone

The LES has a bunch of rent controlled apartment complex where rent is in the hundreds of dollars compared to the typical thousands.

From my understanding it’s very hard to get into and is kept in the family for decades

Knickerbocker village is the big wise buy one that used to have loads on Bonnano guys and some west side

This is all old information though so I wouldn’t take it to the bank as acccurate

I’m just repeating what Scars said and while he didn’t expand much on it my guess would be back in the day guys could live on their blue collar work - hijackings , robberies, enforcers where as today those activities are in serious decline . To survive it seems they have evolved with gambling being one of the last blue collar core racket . This is just a guess though on my part

Thanks for the answers.

Stuyvesant Town Eastside also.

1st. Ave around 14th St.

I would assume he had some kind of legitimate business, or "worked" some job to launder his money. He probably lived at the income level he could justify with his legitimate business. I don't know anything about the guy, to be honest. Did he live in the same neighborhood he grew up in? Maybe he lived the same as everyone else there and was content that way.

Didnt the feds dig up his backyard a few years back looking for tye son. They leaked to the press he okd his sons murder but theres been alot of shit saying that guy dominic cicale and one of vinny gorgeous kids might have done it. To whack your kid cause he does drugs is nuts. Being that hes a convicted herion trafficker.

Theres the massink tapes recordinv vinny b did we have sometging to do with quiet doms kid and vinny says no it was him bo. Thats some ghouly shit whack your son. Must not sit rite with his family. Wouldnt someone above quiet dom have to ok it to? I dont no i dont think a father and respected boss in a family can be that crazy.

I don't think someone would be crazy enough to kill Dom's kid, why would Vinny say it came from Dom. Who told Vinny the order came from Dom, that is the big question.