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Re: Michael Franzese wealth
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Didn't Gravano state that Gotti was prob making between 5 and 6 million a year as boss?
If Franzese is to be beleved he was making that a week.
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Re: Michael Franzese wealth
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If he was really making something like $6 mil a week he has to have been the richest at the time. We can't know for sure, but even with all the other big money schemes going on and tribute they received I'd guess he was making more than the bosses. Even if he was giving Persico $2 mil a week.
And if he was giving Persico $2 mil a week, do you think that would bump Persico up to the richest boss at the time?
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Re: Michael Franzese wealth
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If he was really making something like $6 mil a week he has to have been the richest at the time. We can't know for sure, but even with all the other big money schemes going on and tribute they received I'd guess he was making more than the bosses. Even if he was giving Persico $2 mil a week.
And if he was giving Persico $2 mil a week, do you think that would bump Persico up to the richest boss at the time? Really not sure. I would assume so but I feel like the genovese and gambino family had more clout. Maybe they had earners who made money like Franzese that we didn’t really know about. Lombardozzi had a lot of money apparently like I said. Same with Catena and Casso too I believe. I wonder if they were making money like a lot of the drug dealers at that time if not more. Also, I’m surprised Franseze wasn’t more revered like Gotti and others were if he was making more money than at least mostly everybody
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Re: Michael Franzese wealth
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Didn't Gravano state that Gotti was prob making between 5 and 6 million a year as boss?
If Franzese is to be beleved he was making that a week. Yes--IF he is to be believed. I've seen that Franzese segment several times and heard his story about the gas tax racket. No doubt it was very lucrative, but exaggeration is always good for the exaggerator's TV ratings. And, even if it did pull in millions/week, it had to be whacked up with the Russkies and their bosses, as well as Franzese's hierarchy. While we're on the subject of exaggeration: Much as I admire Joe Pistone's skills and courage in infiltrating the Bonannos, I never believed his story about the Commission putting a half-million dollar price on his head. The Commission doesn't have a war chest and a standing army to eliminate law enforcement officers (or anyone else). And, the only thing Dons have in common is greed, and distrust of each other. Why would any Dons contribute a dime to avenge a dumb-ass mistake made by the Bonnanos?
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Re: Michael Franzese wealth
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Didn't Gravano state that Gotti was prob making between 5 and 6 million a year as boss?
If Franzese is to be beleved he was making that a week. Yes--IF he is to be believed. I've seen that Franzese segment several times and heard his story about the gas tax racket. No doubt it was very lucrative, but exaggeration is always good for the exaggerator's TV ratings. And, even if it did pull in millions/week, it had to be whacked up with the Russkies and their bosses, as well as Franzese's hierarchy. While we're on the subject of exaggeration: Much as I admire Joe Pistone's skills and courage in infiltrating the Bonannos, I never believed his story about the Commission putting a half-million dollar price on his head. The Commission doesn't have a war chest and a standing army to eliminate law enforcement officers (or anyone else). And, the only thing Dons have in common is greed, and distrust of each other. Why would any Dons contribute a dime to avenge a dumb-ass mistake made by the Bonnanos? Dead on and just after Franzese went away there was not huge amount of cash flowing around Carmine Allie and Teddy’s legal financial interests. Now don’t get me wrong as far as what the regular person or persons could tell they were doing well and were adding property and building on those property’s. It was not five years till they started to show signs of not keeping what they had to a very high standard and this included getting rid of livestock and people that would take care of them. Of course you would not see them not buying nice cars etc but the other stuff started to go and yes I know Carmine went away but if you are sitting on 75 million you are keeping your precious racing horses and other things that they had on the fringes for years. When lil Allie boy got hit with the last pinch he had to sell things he would of never sold if they had 75 million in the chest . Don’t get me wrong people in that life clam bankrupt all the time to look poor but it was more them that they almost lost the farm a couple of times . Now I know there is money because all of a sudden things get paid and lawyers get there money and they are building real estate and rental units on it by the city block with Michael away and they always come out ahead. But like Turnbull said it’s all exaggerated !
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Re: Michael Franzese wealth
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Didn't Gravano state that Gotti was prob making between 5 and 6 million a year as boss?
If Franzese is to be beleved he was making that a week. Yes--IF he is to be believed. I've seen that Franzese segment several times and heard his story about the gas tax racket. No doubt it was very lucrative, but exaggeration is always good for the exaggerator's TV ratings. And, even if it did pull in millions/week, it had to be whacked up with the Russkies and their bosses, as well as Franzese's hierarchy. While we're on the subject of exaggeration: Much as I admire Joe Pistone's skills and courage in infiltrating the Bonannos, I never believed his story about the Commission putting a half-million dollar price on his head. The Commission doesn't have a war chest and a standing army to eliminate law enforcement officers (or anyone else). And, the only thing Dons have in common is greed, and distrust of each other. Why would any Dons contribute a dime to avenge a dumb-ass mistake made by the Bonnanos? Very well could be an exaggeration. He said he was giving $2 mill up the ladder and keeping most of the rest. I wouldn’t be surprised if he really was making that much money. Franzese said their were really only a handful of people who were really making serious money. Not sure if he meant just in the Colombo family or in all of the 5 families.
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