The Time a Jewish Scam Almost Took Down the Italian Mob
April 7, 2026
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Giuliani looked me in the eye in that courtroom and said, "Franzese, if I convict you on this case, you're getting 100 years." I looked right back and said, let's go for round five.
This is the case nobody ever talks about — one of the very first RICO trials ever used against the mob, before the famous Commission case, before any of it. I was a defendant. I know exactly what happened. Now there's a book written about it — Wise Guys, Rabbis and the FBI by Mel Cooper — and I'm giving you my side of the story. The backroom deals, the FBI undercover agent who told the truth, the defendant who walked out of prison by mistake on a 30-year sentence, and the moment I called my future wife and said pack your bags, we're getting married in Vegas. It's all here.
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00:00 - Welcome + Easter Blessings
01:07 - The Book: Wise Guys, Rabbis & the FBI
01:44 - Arrested Off His Own Plane
02:16 - "Why Are We Going to Manhattan?"
03:46 - Giuliani Threatens Him With 100 Years
04:00 - "Let's Go Round Five, Rudy"
04:29 - Michael Goes to the Prosecutor Himself
05:36 - Seven Italians, Eight Jews on Trial
06:04 - Reading From the Book
08:19 - Giuliani's First Ever RICO Case
09:29 - The Defendant Who Walked Out Free
11:05 - The Italians Walk, The Jews Convicted
11:26 - The Tape That Cost One Man Seven Years
13:35 - Reading the Verdict — All Counts
14:39 - The Jury Decided in the First Hour
15:48 - Acquitted — "Pack Your Bags, We're Getting Married"
16:22 - Michael's Real Involvement With Mel Cooper
18:07 - The FBI Boxing Sting — Don King & Michael
20:32 - The Undercover Agent Michael Never Knew
21:12 - The Agent Who Told the Truth
22:13 - Al Sharpton: Mob Payroll to FBI Informant
24:38 - The John Riggy Window Case
26:15 - Michael Takes the Weight for a Friend