It very well could be.

I haven't heard anything about Dominick Cicale being full of shit.

I believe his testimony was solid, the story isnt really self serving not making him look any bigger, badder and/or tougher.

If he was going to be making up stories he could have done alot better than that I believe.

Authors usually push the person trying to sell his story to come up with a big headline grabbing story to help sell copies...Wilt Chamberlin said he banged 20,000 women, Franzese said he beat John Goitti in a sitdown and Cicale has this headline grabber...I don't believe any of them

Anybody that thinks Bruno is broke is drunk. Anyone who thinks he doesn’t have A TON of influence is high. Other than Johnny Joe I’ve never seen a Bonanno guy get as much respect as Bruno does when behind bars. Thats what a lot of you guys who have never done time with these people don’t understand. There is no hiding behind keyboards and social media inside. The real ones stick out and the fake get exposed. Bruno is a living, breathing example of what this thing is about. He was a punk kid when all that coke was flying around. If you think he was the only coke head in the family you are crazy. The man spent a huge portion of his life in prison and never told on nobody. He worked side by side with guys he knew killed his father. He took two big cases on the chin and the man walked out of prison looking like a 40 year old GQ model with a million dollar smile.

Bruno IS NOT broke,,,,im sure that he hes gets respect and $$ AND EVENLOPES ONEC E HE HE OFF HOUSE ARREST,,, HELL BE GETINNG SOME NICE WEIGHT "ENVELOPES" HES TRUE COSA NOSTRA YES HE HAD COKE HABIT ,, IT WAS THE 80S HE DID HAD A PERUVIAN CONNECTION DOWN IN THE KENDALL MIAMI BACK IN THE THE EARLY 80S FOR ALL ACCOUNT A "NICE GUY" BUT WAS DETERMINE TO KILL HIS FATHERS KILLERS,,, WITH TIME HE GOT OVER WHICH IS A HARD THING TO ACCOMPLISH

He could be broke, he likely will get people helping who money when he gets out, but no way he has anything still left on the street. I bet anyone who was lookin gout for him back in the 1980's is now dead or too old to help themselves.

Bruno has more respect than just about everybody in that family. This is known. I don't know what his money situation is today, but I do know that he made a ton in the '80s. It's very hard to picture him being broke. I guess anything is possible though. It is true that he had a bad cocaine problem at one point.

Once you're behind bars for decades any money you had stashed simply evaporates supporting your family, and any action you had going dries up as well. Old associates die, and most everyone who might have watched out for you is gone or in trouble themselves.

It becomes a much different world 99.99% of the time. Thats a fact. These are the hidden headaches guys live with aside from the obvious lost years spent in stir. It ain't easy thats for sure.

HE HAS KATHERINE BURKE AND SOME $ ALSO HAS A RESTAURANT,, AND POSITVE HE HAS MONEY JUICE OUT ON THE STREET,LETS NOT JUMP OVER TO QUICK SAYING HES BROKE,,

Are you his accountant?

I meant to say publishers instead of authors..Like kid from the south, I had a few cocktails that night

We must wait and see what Bruno will do while out on the streets.

scumbag. i am not his accountant,, are you the "inside man",?,

hey fuck you guys i multitask at work sorry if mistype at my job sneaking out,, i WORK , you ever hear of work before you fucking lowlives anywas Bruno is kool person i was lock up with him donw in Miami FCI low down here in west kendall behind the metro zoo. very chatty guy and super kool to be with.. he did complain when the animals at the zoo next to us made noise ealry moring there was another Bonnano guy lock up there twoo Ronald i beleive the one who shot sonny black,,, they had "problem" so both got transferred, anywas Bruno much rescepts bro

Slow down there young fella...I figured that if I made a mistake because of drinking that you probably did as well...At least that's the excuse I'd go with if I were you !!

First off, don't talk that way on this forum, to me or anybody else. It's not nice, and you're not gaining any points by acting like a low class "internet tough guy."

Second, I'd go look in the mirror before you start calling anybody else around here names like you just did. (go put that in your pipe and smoke it).

First off, don't talk that way on this forum, to me or anybody else. It's not nice, and you're not gaining any points by acting like a low class "internet tough guy."

Second, I'd go look in the mirror before you start calling anybody else around here names like you just did. (go put that in your pipe and smoke it). [/q

i dont drink and i dont smoke,,,, i blurss the edge in life,,,, not and internet tough guy either all wrong i dont came here stir u shit up either,, im not typing that im gonna put a bullet on rats or ppl i dont unlike 70 percent of who here are fake tough guys ,,, all i meant is that Bruno is satnd up guy ,,, again im not his fucking account ,,im someone who MET the person face face in prison and had good chats with him, and all lot respect ,,, thas all,,,,,

Bruno IS a tough guy! And a "stand up guy" too! Thats for certain. He's also a "no fuck-around individual." He's a serious guy.

But as I stated earlier regardless of who the fella is, Bruno or any other street guy. Whether he was "well-heeled" or not before he hit prison, if that fella did a real long bit (especially decades), 99.9999999% of guys are broke by the time they get home. And by "broke" I mean they don't have any real big money. I'm not talking about a small bundle, I'm talking about real serious cash. And that's just a fact of life. That life!

It's not an insult to Bruno. It's that way for most of the fellas. And that which I speak of I know from first-hand knowledge. Its not a hypothesis, and I didn't just pull the theory out of my shoe. Its a fact for most street guys.

The truth is most made guys and even captains never acquire real wealth.

The ones that do it usually follows them meaning you hear about it some how.

It has been written about either in the past or I hate to say it today with all the pod casters out there today.

And all the high level rats from the Bonanno’s, the court testimony.

I have heard:

1) Patty from the Bronx had big money.
2) Vinny Basciano had big money.
3) Shellack Head had big money.
4) I personally know T.V. has money it has also been written about
5) George from Canada.
6) Asaro’s nephew I can’t think of his name.
7) Frankie Coppa made money on Wall Street.


None of his indictments were for any big money crimes.
No money was ever seized from him, the Feds, never tried to seize any of his assets, he never got hit with any sort of monitery forfeiture.

What has he done since Galante?
He went along with Basciano, when the did an off the record hit?

If he had all this power why didn’t Basciano move him up to one of the other top spots U.B. or Consig, or at-least acting….

This guy is famous because he whacked Galante however, there is never mention of his power and/or wealth. I FIND THAT VERY ODD.

I am not saying I think he is broke I have no way of knowing and I think the Bonanno’s should throw him a bone when he gets out.

He is probably very well respected in jail because he took out Galante.
And how that relates to this I don’t see the connection between the two.

I dont understand why he get 40 years in the commission trial and afterv12 years he was paroled.
Basciano shouldnt promote a man on parole and Indelicato was a tought guy good for kill someone not to be a consigliere or underboss.

something i always wonder he go out after 12 years out of 40... probably he appealed his case i think he marry jimmy burke daugther in federal prison

He was sentenced under the old guidelines where you're eligible after serving 1/3 of your sentence. Plus 40 years was very heavy for that and I think he may have gotten s slight reduction in his term (not positive though).

Yes,in 1992.

FYI Bruno is no longer at a halfway house. He is free as a bird

Maybe an old bird, but free as one nonetheless.

I for one think some of you over rate this guy. He's been away too long and coming back too old. Just like Gene Gotti he'll go away quietly. My opinion

I agree. Even if he gets a position, he's already in his waning years. Bruno deserves to be a capo. Especially with the shit out there today. But where's he really going? Where's any of them really going in 2022?

He was sentenced in 1987,when was changed the guidelines?

I'm not exactly sure of the year, but probably by the early or mid-1990s.

I know that my cousin and uncle went away in the mid and late 1980s, and a very close 'compare' of mine went away in 1991, and they were all sentenced under the old federal guidelines. (each of them maxed out doing 2/3s of their bits too, because each was labeled "organized crime" and once they reached the can the BOP stamped each of their "jackets" OC. The parole board didn't give a fuck.

They had no shot at all of doing only one third of their time. They each maxed out at 66.6%. None of them even got a 30 to 90 day halfway house either. That what happens when your surname ends in a vowel and you get that label...Que, Sera, Sera!