A bit off topic but I remember a testimony at a mob trial of a few years ago when one of the defendants said that he didn’t know he was a “Colombo” until prosecutors identified him as such during trial. And he’d been a mob associates for years. Most of the guys in this life don’t really focus on the larger scheme of things, they are truly focused on their inner circle, that’s how the LCN should operate: insulate the administration and let crews run smoothly without letting the low-tier guys know too much about what goes on upstairs, both big money and mob politics-wise

Some more court-savvy poster may remember the trial in question and the guy’s name. I read about it either on the NY Post or Daily News.