And the cop, Rick Cowan, really wanted you to believe that he was the second coming of Donnie Brasco.

All of them do that shit and it drives me crazy. Underboss about Jerry Angiulo was the same way. Had about 40 pages of nothing about how the agents grew up and blah blah blah. Who cares? I'm reading about the person the book is about, not the cops. That crap turns me off quick to a book and half the time I'll skip those chapters.

Remember when I told u that? It was why I couldn't get through it and I read 2-3 books a month. It wa gross.

jimmy was never acting anything under JG..he was on a panel with four other guys..

Hello mulberry, the 5 man panel was formed when they first got detained.. brown was on it, not after conviction, if you remember which informants said that? thank you.

Yep you called it. I damn near put it down myself, had to skip the rest until they got back on track. It was a good book other than that garbage.

I would still pay good money to see him on that video doing the choke sign.

Was that Joey Cigars Francolino?Hell,that guy was a millioner.

Made it fast, too. Jimmy liked him, he fell ass backwards into a TON of cash, and got fucked with the paper association.

That entire investigation began with Duffy Carting (which was relatively small, considering it was Manhattan based). The Feds claim it started with Chambers Paper picking up the phone and calling to complain. But Francolino got on the Feds radar by being photoed with Gotti on one of his egotistical Tuesday night get togethers on Mulberry Street. And it mushroomed from there. But those walk and talks were a good idea, right?

Danny Benedetto (the rat from Hunts Point) and the undercover operation came years later. And Bronx is right. The Francolinos still have their money.

thats correct dec 90 to nov 91, the panel was in place at the time

In December 1990, when Gotti was imprisoned without bail to await his trial, the authorities said, he appointed 73-year-old James Failla as the acting head of the family to oversee the daily operations.

Is Francolino from Brooklyn, who did he run with when younger?
He now lives in Staten Island? Is he still active?

I have no clue who Francolino ran with as a youngster, but when he was made in 1986, Francolino was put in Gravano´s crew. I said this earlier in this same thread. You need to pay attention kidz... (lol) He got full control of Jimmy Brown´s rackets when Jimmy was demoted in mid 1990s.

I cant remember what mob lawyer ript him to threads in a trial might have been jr gotti trials.