Frank Lino
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Frank "Curly" Lino is a Sicilian-American
caporegime
in the Bonanno crime family
who later became an informant
.
patriarch and founder Vito Genovese
during the 1930s. Frank attended Lafayette High School but dropped out in tenth grade. His father died in 1989, according to what Michael DiLeonardo said during testimony against John A. Gotti. Almost every male member of his family was involved in La Cosa Nostra
.
After dropping out of high school in the 1950s he joined a violent street gang called the "Avenue U Boys". As a member of the "Avenue U Boys" was involved in robberies. Lino first became associated with the La Cosa Nostra at the age of seventeen, and operated the local floating card games controlled by a Genovese crime family made soldier. He was a close business associate of Rosario Gangi.
He is the cousin of Gambino crime family
capo Edward Lino and brother of Gambino LCN capo Robert A. Lino Jr. He is the father of successful New York City
Wall Street
stock broker
Michael, and father of Joseph, who became a made member of the Bonanno family. He is cousin-in-law to Grace Ann Scala-Lino, the sister of Gambino crime family capo Salvatore Scala
and father of Colombo crime family
mob associate Robert X. Grace Ann Lino was a customer of Michael (Mikey Bear) Aiello. Frank was enraged over the incident and arranged for his murder, for which he arranged to witness, but was later botched.
He is the father of two sons, one Joseph Lino born c. 1961 who became a made member of the Bonanno family and Michael Lino. He is a son-in-law to Genovese crime family mob associates Francis Consalvo and Carmine Consalvo and distant uncle to Louis Consalvo
. He is a first cousin of Bonanno family capo Robert Lino Sr. and a paternal uncle of Bonanno crime family capo Robert A. Lino Jr. He is the godfather to Michael Lino and Frank Coppa Jr, the sons of former Bonanno family capo and childhood friend Frank Coppa
. He is a cousin-in-law to Gambino crime family capo Salvatore Scala
. He is a close friend of the New York Mets
pitcher John Franco and an avid baseball fan.
Frank had dark brown hair, and a round face with a ruddy complexion and later a bald head that "looked like a dirty tennis ball". He had a toothy smile and droopy eyes that were set too close together. Frank was a no-show school bus driver for the Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union
and employed by a mob-owned bus company Atlantic Express Transportation Corporation in located at 7 North Street in Port Richmond, Staten Island
which is still in operation.
He became a made man
of the Bonanno crime family on October 30, 1977, on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy, Manhattan
at his capo Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato's apartment. It was his 40th birthday. As he grew older Frank became more and more obese. He gained a tremendous amount of weight and began to suffer from high blood pressure. During his 40-year career in organized crime
he was under the Genovese family in 1956, switched to the Colombo crime family
in 1962 and switched to the Gambino family in 1969 before in 1977 his friend Frank Coppa helped him join the Bonanno crime family.
police detectives, Luke J. Fallon and John Finnegan from the 70th Detective Squad. The detectives, aged twenty-eight and fifty-six, were shot dead during the holdup of a tobacco store, where Lino and the robbers netted $5,000. Lino was charged in the murders after he supplied a getaway vehicle for one of the stickup men so he could flee to Chicago
, and was one of the five men charged after being taken to the 66th Precinct for an interrogation.
During the interrogation Lino claimed the police drove staples into his hands and a broomstick up his rectum. He was left with a broken leg and arm. Lino was let off with three years probation after he threatened to sue the city for police brutality
. One of his eyes blinked uncontrollably which he claimed was the result of injuries that occurred during the 1962 police beating at the hands of the NYPD. His two accomplices were convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. Their death sentences would later be converted to life imprisonment by governor Nelson Rockefeller
in 1966. One suspect died in prison while the other remains in prison as of 2006.
His son Joseph was one of the many mobsters he would later testify against in court on charges of extortion and racketeering. His long-term common-law wife and mistress Andrea Giovino who started dating him at the age of 21 would later become a cooperating witness to several members of the Bonanno family and author her autobiography "Divorced from the Mob" including Frank. During the peak of his power in the 1980s and 90s, Lino had a number of family soldiers reporting directly to him, including Edward Garafola, Joseph Polito, Daniel Persico, Eugene Lombardo and Ernest Montevecchi; all earning money for Lino. He worked under Anthony "Bruno" Indelicato and Alphonse Indelicato.
He first became involved with mistress turned state's evidence witness criminal attorney Andrea Giovino he was 45-years old and a divorced father of five at the time. He lived in Marine Park, Brooklyn
alone. He did not want any more children with Andrea but was a responsible and kind father to his own children and was a surrogate father in helping Andrea support her son from a previous marriage, Tobias Jr. He was extremely generous in nature. As a gift for their first Valentine's Day
together he bought her a 1978 Mercedes Benz 450 SL convertible. He taught her a lot about clothing brands, materials and designs and would go shopping with her on Fifth Avenue and have her chauffeured by a limo. He bought themselves matching platinum Presidential Rolex
watches. He never wore pinkie rings or neck chains.
Lino's one legitimate business venture was a school bus company he started with his son Joseph in the late 1970s after winning a contract from the New York City Department of Education
. Lino hardly knew anything about buses, but was listed as an "advisor" on the company tax records. By the late 1990s after being promoted to capo, he was taking home earnings of more than $200,000. Although he was a major earner for the family he was not very good at maintaining his finances. Between his children and grandchildren, and his own lavish lifestyle, he would often be in debt of $50,000 by the end of each year, but somehow he always managed to come up on top.
schemes on Wall Street. Over the years he had been a loanshark, bookmaker
, drug trafficker and contract killer for which he took part in the gangland slayings of six men including his cousin's drug dealer Joseph "The Bear" Aiello and the notorious murders of Bonanno captains Alphonse Indelicato, Dominick Trinchera
and Phillip Giaccone. On May 5, 1981, Frank Lino drove Dominick Trinchera in his car to the Sage Diner located at 80-26 Queens Boulevard
in Elmhurst, Queens
for a peace meeting. Trinchera, Giaccone and Indelicato were attempting to take control of the Bonanno family during a period of factional infighting.
The capos asked Lino to accompany then, fearing there might be shooting
. Their suspicions were right when Trinchera, Giaccone and Indelicato were gunned down. Lino who was not a target but was unaware of this, fled out the door just as he saw Giaccone up against a wall and killed. Lino fled so quickly that no one was able to stop him. Running for his life, Lino ran away, jumping over fences and eventually coming to a home where he placed a call to his son Frank Lino Jr, to come and pick him up.
After Lino disappeared, Massino and Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano discussed what was to happen to him. Salvatore Vitale
had let Lino flee the scene and Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero who waited in a car outside on the street was not able to stop him. Lino had the option of going to the police, or he could inform the rest of Alphonse Indelicato's crew which would endanger Massino and Napolitano. Indelicato had ordered his crew and his son Bruno to retaliate if anything happened to them.
In a meeting, Aniello Dellacroce
explained to Lino that the only reason he was not told about the hit was because Alphonse Indelicato might have found out. Lino in the same conversation lied about knowing the whereabouts of Bruno Indelicato, who was also an intended victim who had not been present at the meeting. The Gambino family was willing to offer Frank an ironclad insurance policy on his own life. They had a lone job for the only survivor of "The Red Team" and the only person Bruno trusted. They wanted Lino to murder Bruno.
The contract killing would later be handed down to Joseph "Donnie Brasco" Pistone, but was never carried out and Indelicato went back to work for the Bonannos many years later. Lino was involved in the murder of "Sonny Black" Napolitano. Lino picked up Napolitano and drove him to Ernest "Kippy" Filocomo's home, where Lino pushed Napolitano down the basement stairs and Filocomo shot him to death. Napolitano was murdered on orders by Massino for the Donnie Brasco infiltration.
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caporegime
Caporegime
A caporegime or capodecina, usually shortened to just a capo, is a term used in the Mafia for a high ranking made member of a crime family who heads a "crew" of soldiers and has major social status and influence in the organization...
in the Bonanno crime family
Bonanno crime family
The Bonanno crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia ....
who later became an informant
Informant
An informant is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency. The term is usually used within the law enforcement world, where they are officially known as confidential or criminal informants , and can often refer pejoratively to the supply of information...
.
Biography
Lino was born in a house on West Eight Street. The marriage of his mobster father Robert A. Lino Sr. and his mother was arranged by Genovese crime familyGenovese crime family
The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
patriarch and founder Vito Genovese
Vito Genovese
Vito "Don Vito" Genovese was an Italian mafioso who rose to power in America during the Castellammarese War to later become leader of the Genovese crime family. Genovese served as mentor to future mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante...
during the 1930s. Frank attended Lafayette High School but dropped out in tenth grade. His father died in 1989, according to what Michael DiLeonardo said during testimony against John A. Gotti. Almost every male member of his family was involved in La Cosa Nostra
American Mafia
The American Mafia , is an Italian-American criminal society. Much like the Sicilian Mafia, the American Mafia has no formal name and is a secret criminal society. Its members usually refer to it as Cosa Nostra or by its English translation "our thing"...
.
After dropping out of high school in the 1950s he joined a violent street gang called the "Avenue U Boys". As a member of the "Avenue U Boys" was involved in robberies. Lino first became associated with the La Cosa Nostra at the age of seventeen, and operated the local floating card games controlled by a Genovese crime family made soldier. He was a close business associate of Rosario Gangi.
He is the cousin of Gambino crime family
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
capo Edward Lino and brother of Gambino LCN capo Robert A. Lino Jr. He is the father of successful New York City
New York City
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Wall Street
Wall Street
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stock broker
Stock broker
A stock broker or stockbroker is a regulated professional broker who buys and sells shares and other securities through market makers or Agency Only Firms on behalf of investors...
Michael, and father of Joseph, who became a made member of the Bonanno family. He is cousin-in-law to Grace Ann Scala-Lino, the sister of Gambino crime family capo Salvatore Scala
Salvatore Scala
Salvatore Scala, also known as "Fat Sal" and "Uncle Sal" was a New York mobster who became a caporegime in the Gambino crime family.Scala was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to first-generation immigrants from Scala, Italy...
and father of Colombo crime family
Colombo crime family
The Colombo crime family is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia ....
mob associate Robert X. Grace Ann Lino was a customer of Michael (Mikey Bear) Aiello. Frank was enraged over the incident and arranged for his murder, for which he arranged to witness, but was later botched.
He is the father of two sons, one Joseph Lino born c. 1961 who became a made member of the Bonanno family and Michael Lino. He is a son-in-law to Genovese crime family mob associates Francis Consalvo and Carmine Consalvo and distant uncle to Louis Consalvo
Louis Consalvo
Louis "Louie Eggs" Consalvo is a New Jersey mobster and reputed "soldier" in the DeCavalcante crime family.A lifelong resident in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, Consalvo reportedly joined the North Jersey based DeCavalcante crime family during the disappearance in October 1991 of underboss Louis...
. He is a first cousin of Bonanno family capo Robert Lino Sr. and a paternal uncle of Bonanno crime family capo Robert A. Lino Jr. He is the godfather to Michael Lino and Frank Coppa Jr, the sons of former Bonanno family capo and childhood friend Frank Coppa
Frank Coppa
Frank Coppa Sr. is a Sicilian-American gangster in the Bonanno crime family who was a close friend of Joseph Massino and Frank Lino.-Further reading:...
. He is a cousin-in-law to Gambino crime family capo Salvatore Scala
Salvatore Scala
Salvatore Scala, also known as "Fat Sal" and "Uncle Sal" was a New York mobster who became a caporegime in the Gambino crime family.Scala was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to first-generation immigrants from Scala, Italy...
. He is a close friend of the New York Mets
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
pitcher John Franco and an avid baseball fan.
Frank had dark brown hair, and a round face with a ruddy complexion and later a bald head that "looked like a dirty tennis ball". He had a toothy smile and droopy eyes that were set too close together. Frank was a no-show school bus driver for the Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union
Amalgamated Transit Union
The Amalgamated Transit Union is a labor union in the United States and The Amalgamated Transit Union Canadian Council in Canada, representing workers in the transit system and other industries...
and employed by a mob-owned bus company Atlantic Express Transportation Corporation in located at 7 North Street in Port Richmond, Staten Island
Port Richmond, Staten Island
Port Richmond is a neighborhood situated on the North Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States. It is along the waterfront of the Kill Van Kull, with the southern terminus of the Bayonne Bridge serving as the boundary between it and Mariners Harbor, the...
which is still in operation.
He became a made man
Made man
A made man, also known as a Mafioso , made guy, man of honor, or uomo d'onore , is someone who has been officially inducted into the Sicilian or American Mafia . They may also be referred to by some as a goodfella or wiseguy...
of the Bonanno crime family on October 30, 1977, on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy, Manhattan
Little Italy, Manhattan
Little Italy is a neighborhood in lower Manhattan, New York City, once known for its large population of Italians. Today the neighborhood of Little Italy consists of Italian stores and restaurants.-Historical area:...
at his capo Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato's apartment. It was his 40th birthday. As he grew older Frank became more and more obese. He gained a tremendous amount of weight and began to suffer from high blood pressure. During his 40-year career in organized crime
Organized crime
Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...
he was under the Genovese family in 1956, switched to the Colombo crime family
Colombo crime family
The Colombo crime family is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia ....
in 1962 and switched to the Gambino family in 1969 before in 1977 his friend Frank Coppa helped him join the Bonanno crime family.
Police brutality
On May 18, 1962, he was arrested for the shootings of two BrooklynBrooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
police detectives, Luke J. Fallon and John Finnegan from the 70th Detective Squad. The detectives, aged twenty-eight and fifty-six, were shot dead during the holdup of a tobacco store, where Lino and the robbers netted $5,000. Lino was charged in the murders after he supplied a getaway vehicle for one of the stickup men so he could flee to Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, and was one of the five men charged after being taken to the 66th Precinct for an interrogation.
During the interrogation Lino claimed the police drove staples into his hands and a broomstick up his rectum. He was left with a broken leg and arm. Lino was let off with three years probation after he threatened to sue the city for police brutality
Police brutality
Police brutality is the intentional use of excessive force, usually physical, but potentially also in the form of verbal attacks and psychological intimidation, by a police officer....
. One of his eyes blinked uncontrollably which he claimed was the result of injuries that occurred during the 1962 police beating at the hands of the NYPD. His two accomplices were convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. Their death sentences would later be converted to life imprisonment by governor Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the 41st Vice President of the United States , serving under President Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York , as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower administrations in a variety of positions...
in 1966. One suspect died in prison while the other remains in prison as of 2006.
Troubled family life
By the 1990s he had fathered two sons and three daughters and was the grandfather of twelve. He would later distance himself from the son from his second marriage, Joseph Lino. His first wife and mother of Joseph and Michael has never been publicly identified. He would later confide to his mistress Andrea Giovino that he was "unlucky" and that his son Michael "is a big gambler and has lost a significant amount of money." He was also mad when Bonanno member Ronald Filocomo had his son Joseph help dispose of Dominick Napolitano's corpse in 1981.His son Joseph was one of the many mobsters he would later testify against in court on charges of extortion and racketeering. His long-term common-law wife and mistress Andrea Giovino who started dating him at the age of 21 would later become a cooperating witness to several members of the Bonanno family and author her autobiography "Divorced from the Mob" including Frank. During the peak of his power in the 1980s and 90s, Lino had a number of family soldiers reporting directly to him, including Edward Garafola, Joseph Polito, Daniel Persico, Eugene Lombardo and Ernest Montevecchi; all earning money for Lino. He worked under Anthony "Bruno" Indelicato and Alphonse Indelicato.
He first became involved with mistress turned state's evidence witness criminal attorney Andrea Giovino he was 45-years old and a divorced father of five at the time. He lived in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Marine Park, Brooklyn
Marine Park is a public park located in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Its 798 acres surround the westernmost inlet of Jamaica Bay. Most of the land for Marine Park, Brooklyn was donated to New York City to be turned into public park land by the Whitney family in 1920 and by Frederic B....
alone. He did not want any more children with Andrea but was a responsible and kind father to his own children and was a surrogate father in helping Andrea support her son from a previous marriage, Tobias Jr. He was extremely generous in nature. As a gift for their first Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...
together he bought her a 1978 Mercedes Benz 450 SL convertible. He taught her a lot about clothing brands, materials and designs and would go shopping with her on Fifth Avenue and have her chauffeured by a limo. He bought themselves matching platinum Presidential Rolex
Rolex
Rolex SA is a Swiss watchmaking manufacturer of high-quality, luxury wristwatches. Rolex watches are popularly regarded as status symbols and BusinessWeek magazine ranks Rolex No.71 on its 2007 annual list of the 100 most valuable global brands...
watches. He never wore pinkie rings or neck chains.
Lino's one legitimate business venture was a school bus company he started with his son Joseph in the late 1970s after winning a contract from the New York City Department of Education
New York City Department of Education
The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. It is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,700 separate schools...
. Lino hardly knew anything about buses, but was listed as an "advisor" on the company tax records. By the late 1990s after being promoted to capo, he was taking home earnings of more than $200,000. Although he was a major earner for the family he was not very good at maintaining his finances. Between his children and grandchildren, and his own lavish lifestyle, he would often be in debt of $50,000 by the end of each year, but somehow he always managed to come up on top.
The three capos murder
Frank had done everything from selling illegal pornography to running pump and dumpPump and dump
"Pump and dump" is a form of microcap stock fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price....
schemes on Wall Street. Over the years he had been a loanshark, bookmaker
Bookmaker
A bookmaker, or bookie, is an organization or a person that takes bets on sporting and other events at agreed upon odds.- Range of events :...
, drug trafficker and contract killer for which he took part in the gangland slayings of six men including his cousin's drug dealer Joseph "The Bear" Aiello and the notorious murders of Bonanno captains Alphonse Indelicato, Dominick Trinchera
Dominick Trinchera
Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera was a Bonanno crime family capo who was murdered with Alphonse Indelicato and Phillip Giaccone for planning the overthrow of aspiring Bonanno boss Phillip Rastelli.-Biography:Born in Rockland, New York, Trinchera was the son of an immigrant from Rome, Italy and an...
and Phillip Giaccone. On May 5, 1981, Frank Lino drove Dominick Trinchera in his car to the Sage Diner located at 80-26 Queens Boulevard
Queens Boulevard
Queens Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Queens connecting communities from Midtown Manhattan to Jamaica...
in Elmhurst, Queens
Elmhurst, Queens
Elmhurst is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Roosevelt Avenue on the north; Corona to the northeast; Junction Boulevard on the east; Rego Park to the southeast; the Long Island Expressway on the south; Middle Village to the south and southwest; and Maspeth...
for a peace meeting. Trinchera, Giaccone and Indelicato were attempting to take control of the Bonanno family during a period of factional infighting.
The capos asked Lino to accompany then, fearing there might be shooting
Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...
. Their suspicions were right when Trinchera, Giaccone and Indelicato were gunned down. Lino who was not a target but was unaware of this, fled out the door just as he saw Giaccone up against a wall and killed. Lino fled so quickly that no one was able to stop him. Running for his life, Lino ran away, jumping over fences and eventually coming to a home where he placed a call to his son Frank Lino Jr, to come and pick him up.
After Lino disappeared, Massino and Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano discussed what was to happen to him. Salvatore Vitale
Salvatore Vitale
Salvatore "Good Looking Sal" Vitale was a New York City caterer and former underboss of the Bonanno crime family of La Cosa Nostra before becoming a government informant.-Biography:...
had let Lino flee the scene and Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero who waited in a car outside on the street was not able to stop him. Lino had the option of going to the police, or he could inform the rest of Alphonse Indelicato's crew which would endanger Massino and Napolitano. Indelicato had ordered his crew and his son Bruno to retaliate if anything happened to them.
In a meeting, Aniello Dellacroce
Aniello Dellacroce
Aniello John "Mr. Neil" Dellacroce , also known as "Father O'Neil" and "The Tall Guy", was an Italian-American gangster and underboss of the Gambino crime family. A capo of his own crew for many years he rose to the position of underboss when Carlo Gambino moved Joseph Biondo aside.-Early...
explained to Lino that the only reason he was not told about the hit was because Alphonse Indelicato might have found out. Lino in the same conversation lied about knowing the whereabouts of Bruno Indelicato, who was also an intended victim who had not been present at the meeting. The Gambino family was willing to offer Frank an ironclad insurance policy on his own life. They had a lone job for the only survivor of "The Red Team" and the only person Bruno trusted. They wanted Lino to murder Bruno.
The contract killing would later be handed down to Joseph "Donnie Brasco" Pistone, but was never carried out and Indelicato went back to work for the Bonannos many years later. Lino was involved in the murder of "Sonny Black" Napolitano. Lino picked up Napolitano and drove him to Ernest "Kippy" Filocomo's home, where Lino pushed Napolitano down the basement stairs and Filocomo shot him to death. Napolitano was murdered on orders by Massino for the Donnie Brasco infiltration.
Informant
In September 1999, Lino began serving a 57-month sentence in prison. In 2006, Frank became an informant after he was faced with a racketeering conviction and testified against Bonanno boss Joseph Massino. Lino said that his decision came after he found out that Sal Vitale had turned informant. He felt that he had no chance to win his case now that the Bonanno underboss had turned. Lino's dramatic testimony implicated Massino in four homicides and featured the first full eyewitness account of the murder of the three captains.External references
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