Frank Three Fingers was very powerful guy.was also a close associate of Jimmy Hoffa in his early years.

In 1948 he was expelled from the United States and settled in Tor San Lorenzo, near Rome, where he invested all the accumulated money in real estate. In the capital alone he owned 750 apartments. In Italy he continued his activities, apparently dealing with clean affairs. But according to the judicial authorities he was at the center of a gigantic drug trade.

Regarding the loss of fingers, he stated in 1971 to the Anti-Mafia Commission that:
“My rifle blew up. An individual who goes to steal in a bank may lose his fingers. "