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In the late 1930s, Franzese worked under [[Joseph Profaci]], boss of the Profaci crime family (later named the Colombo crime family). His first arrest came in 1938, for assault. In 1942, in the midst of [[World War II]], he was drafted to the United States Army, but was discharged later that year classified as "psychoneurotic with pronounced homicidal tendencies". Court papers accused him of raping a waitress in 1947, but he was never arrested in relation to the crime.

Franzese operated out of New York City and New Jersey and was involved in racketeering, fraud, and loansharking. He became a full [[Mafia]] member in 1950, and served in the crew of [[Sebastian Aloi|Sebastian "Buster" Aloi]], father of former Colombo family acting boss [[Vincenzo Aloi]]. He is believed to have been elevated to caporegime or captain in the Colombo family in the mid 1950s by Profaci. By 1963, he had been promoted to underboss by boss [[Joseph Colombo]]. In the 1950s and 60s, Franzese listed his official occupation as an owner of a dry-cleaning store in Brooklyn.

Franzese operated out of New York City and New Jersey and was involved in racketeering, fraud, and loansharking. He became a full [[American Mafia|mafia]] member in 1950, and served in the crew of [[Sebastian Aloi|Sebastian "Buster" Aloi]], father of former Colombo family acting boss [[Vincenzo Aloi]]. He is believed to have been elevated to caporegime or captain in the Colombo family in the mid 1950s by Profaci. By 1963, he had been promoted to underboss by boss [[Joseph Colombo]]. In the 1950s and 60s, Franzese listed his official occupation as an owner of a dry-cleaning store in Brooklyn.

In 1967, Franzese gained a financial interest in a new recording company, Buddah Records. Franzese used Buddah to [[Money laundering|launder]] illegal mob earnings and to bribe disc jockeys with payola. He also infiltrated and began to make money through the owner of Calla Records, Nate McCalla, until the recording label ceased operations in 1977, and McCalla was [[Murder|murdered]] in 1980.

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 In the late 1930s, Franzese worked under [[Joseph Profaci]], boss of the Profaci crime family (later named the Colombo crime family). His first arrest came in 1938, for assault. In 1942, in the midst of [[World War II]], he was drafted to the United States Army, but was discharged later that year classified as "psychoneurotic with pronounced homicidal tendencies". Court papers accused him of raping a waitress in 1947, but he was never arrested in relation to the crime.
-Franzese operated out of New York City and New Jersey and was involved in racketeering, fraud, and loansharking. He became a full [[Mafia]] member in 1950, and served in the crew of [[Sebastian Aloi|Sebastian "Buster" Aloi]], father of former Colombo family acting boss [[Vincenzo Aloi]]. He is believed to have been elevated to caporegime or captain in the Colombo family in the mid 1950s by Profaci. By 1963, he had been promoted to underboss by boss [[Joseph Colombo]]. In the 1950s and 60s, Franzese listed his official occupation as an owner of a dry-cleaning store in Brooklyn.
+Franzese operated out of New York City and New Jersey and was involved in racketeering, fraud, and loansharking. He became a full [[American Mafia|mafia]] member in 1950, and served in the crew of [[Sebastian Aloi|Sebastian "Buster" Aloi]], father of former Colombo family acting boss [[Vincenzo Aloi]]. He is believed to have been elevated to caporegime or captain in the Colombo family in the mid 1950s by Profaci. By 1963, he had been promoted to underboss by boss [[Joseph Colombo]]. In the 1950s and 60s, Franzese listed his official occupation as an owner of a dry-cleaning store in Brooklyn.
 In 1967, Franzese gained a financial interest in a new recording company, Buddah Records. Franzese used Buddah to [[Money laundering|launder]] illegal mob earnings and to bribe disc jockeys with payola. He also infiltrated and began to make money through the owner of Calla Records, Nate McCalla, until the recording label ceased operations in 1977, and McCalla was [[Murder|murdered]] in 1980.