Michael Franzese grew up the son of the notorious Underboss of New York's violent Colombo crime family.
As Franzese rose within the ranks, he was estimated to have been making 5-8M per week from a gasoline bootlegging scheme, involving the Russian Mafia.
He survived countless Grand Jury appearances, 3 state indictments, 2 federal racketeering trials, 8 years in prison and a Mafia death sentence.
He is also the only high ranking "made man", while still in his prime earning years, to "publicly" walk away from the mob and live to tell about it.