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List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters
This article is about past and inactive members who have been killed, died or became informants of the Lucchese crime family. For active members, see List of Lucchese crime family mobsters.
Past member(s)
Joseph Abate
Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – November 28, 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction.[1] In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey.[2] In June 1976, Abate attended Anthony Accetturo's induction ceremony into the Lucchese family.[2] In 1979, Abate went into semiretirement and Accetturo succeed him as boss of the New Jersey faction.[3] He moved to Margate, New Jersey, and served as a liaison between families in New Jersey until 1989 when he retired from Mafia affairs.[4] In 1992, his daughter Catherine Abate was appointed New York City's new Correction Commissioner.[5] She was confronted about her father's past and denied that he was ever involved in organized crime.& Michael Franzese, also known as “Yuppie Don” and “Prince of the Mafia” was born on May 27th, 1951, in New York City, USA. He is a former mobster who was a caporegime in the Colombo crime family and son of former underboss, Sonny Franzese. By 1986, when he was 35 years old, Fortune Magazine named him number 18 on a “Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses” list, and now he’s worth $1 million. Franzese dropped out of a pre-med program at Hofstra University when his father was sent to prison for 50 years for bank robbery. He made his money by defrauding the federal government out of gasoline in the early 1980s. At one point generating up to $8 million per week, Franzese was jailed between 1986 and 1994, and he now works as a motivational speaker and writer in California. Brooklyn, New York-born Hector “Junior” Pagan originally set out in life with the goal of becoming a professional boxer. That plan collapsed when Hector was smashed over t Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS | More In this episode of Gangland Wire, Gary Jenkins delves into the story of Donnie Brasco, aka Joe Pistone, and his introduction to the mob through a minor criminal named Jilly Greca. Jilly, whose real name was Angelo J. Greca, was a member of the Colombo family and owned a store in Brooklyn called Acerg that was a front for stolen goods. Jilly and his crew would meet at the store to plan heists and socialize. Donnie Brasco became close with Jilly and started hanging out at the store, discussing scores and sharing stories. Jilly’s crew was involved in stealing from docks, warehouses, and truck lines, with inside connections to dock workers and truck drivers. Donnie, an undercover FBI agent, gained acceptance among the crew and played a role in getting Jilly indicted. Donnie engaged in illegal activities throughout his undercover work but constantly fed information to the FBI. Jilly was later killed, possibly due to the information provided by Donnie. Jilly’s capo, Charlie “Moose” Panarella, was a
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It's All About the Money: History's Richest Criminals
#20 - Michael Franzese
#19 - Hector "Junior" Pagan
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