Patrickgold wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:34 pm
All bios on the internet about him say that the commission appointed him to run West Coast operations in the 80s. How true is this? I have also read that he was running Milwaukee operations for the Outfit after Balistrieri went to prison. How true is any of this and where did this info come? The fact that he had one arrest in the 30s makes me to believe that he was possibly a TEI. The fact that he did these interviews before his death supports this possibility but obviously is not verified. Anyone have info on him?
Anyone ever checked into whether Frank the Horse could’ve been one of the two TEIs that the Feds claimed they had in the Outfit? There was one that they supposedly recruited in the 1980s. I don’t recall off the top of my head what year they admitted this but it seemed that this informant had died by that time? Frank of course died in 2004.
That is a possibility. If I remember correctly it stated one was a member that was recruited in 1994, more than likely Difronzo, the other was an associate that was recruited in the 80s. I don’t think it was ever verified that Frank Buccieri was a made member of the Outfit even though there is a high possibility that he was. He never really had any high profile positions that were verified by FBI documents or informants. I could be wrong by this. It had him listed under Spilotro in that early 80s chart.
My understanding was that Frank the Horse was made sometime in the late 1970s. Maybe I’m off on that. And yes, the 1980s informant was claimed to have only been an associate. So maybe it wasn’t him. I’m not aware of any legal troubles that would’ve motivated him to begin cooperating in 1994 (he wasn’t involved in the California casino thing that DiFronzo got jammed up on, right?).
Notable that he agreed to be interviewed for that Casino doc, whether he was informing or not.
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Patrickgold wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:34 pm
All bios on the internet about him say that the commission appointed him to run West Coast operations in the 80s. How true is this? I have also read that he was running Milwaukee operations for the Outfit after Balistrieri went to prison. How true is any of this and where did this info come? The fact that he had one arrest in the 30s makes me to believe that he was possibly a TEI. The fact that he did these interviews before his death supports this possibility but obviously is not verified. Anyone have info on him?
Anyone ever checked into whether Frank the Horse could’ve been one of the two TEIs that the Feds claimed they had in the Outfit? There was one that they supposedly recruited in the 1980s. I don’t recall off the top of my head what year they admitted this but it seemed that this informant had died by that time? Frank of course died in 2004.
That is a possibility. If I remember correctly it stated one was a member that was recruited in 1994, more than likely Difronzo, the other was an associate that was recruited in the 80s. I don’t think it was ever verified that Frank Buccieri was a made member of the Outfit even though there is a high possibility that he was. He never really had any high profile positions that were verified by FBI documents or informants. I could be wrong by this. It had him listed under Spilotro in that early 80s chart.
My understanding was that Frank the Horse was made sometime in the late 1970s. Maybe I’m off on that. And yes, the 1980s informant was claimed to have only been an associate. So maybe it wasn’t him. I’m not aware of any legal troubles that would’ve motivated him to begin cooperating in 1994 (he wasn’t involved in the California casino thing that DiFronzo got jammed up on, right?).
Notable that he agreed to be interviewed for that Casino doc, whether he was informing or not.
He supposedly sponsored Lefty to get him the job in Vegas. The fact that Lefty was supposedly an informant himself could have put him in bad water with the Outfit. Also, he very well could have been involved in the Vegas skim trials if he was out there in Vegas like they say. He of course was never indicted. I found the below article about the making of that documentary. The director of the documentary says his “former running pal” is now considered the boss of Milwaukee. Who would that be? A lot of unanswered questions.
