had testified against him, becoming the first son of a New York mobster to turn state's evidence and testify against his father. He became Colombo family underboss again in 2005, until he was convicted of extortion in 2011, and sentenced to eight years in prison. He was paroled in 1978, but was re-jailed at least six times on parole violations throughout the decades that followed. He served as underboss of the Colombo family from 1963 until he was sentenced to 50 years in prison for orchestrating a string of bank robberies across the country in 1967. ( Italian: Febru– February 24, 2020) was an Italian-born American mobster who was a longtime member and former underboss of the Colombo crime family.įranzese's career in organized crime began in the 1930s and spanned over eight decades. Cristina Capobianco-Franzese (second wife)Ĩ, including Michael Franzese and John Franzese Jr.
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