“He said, 'Mike, I'm gonna tell you three things that are gonna help you when you go to prison because you're gonna go one day'.
After pleading guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count of tax conspiracy in March 1986, Michael was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison before he was released on parole in 1989.
After his father was sent to prison for bank robbery in 1967, Michael soon followed in his father's footsteps as he moved up the chain and became a force to be reckoned with in the criminal world.
MICHAEL Franzese once ran the streets of New York City as a caporegime (captain) for the Colombo crime family.
He was a caporegime, also known as a captain, for the Colombo crime family and is the son of a former underboss, otherwise known as second-in-command, John Franzese, who died in February 2020 aged 103.
