surposely mike franses gave a lot of money to persico and got a pass if you read the scarpa files when the snake found out he put a hit out on Michael and striped his dad of the capo rank and took all his rackets. sal Avellino got up on the stand and told a judge im retired yaeh I took a oath to the mafia but there isn't a written rule saying you cant retire he said he never snitched on no one to. theres a good article on it.