Michael Franzese on Making $10M a Week Stealing Gasoline Tax, Becoming a Capo in the Mafia (Part 5) 

They were just organized. The bigger picture was MONEY.

Except for the part where they get killed

That’s the point of a Mafia. They don’t play within the box lines

Organized crime always paid better than regular crime.

thats why they called the M.O.B. Men of Business

You know the government gets money from taxes right? He was stealing money from taxpayers, money that could have gone to schools, and infrastructure

@@Hope-Truth-Light the government spends like 1% on all the things u listed trust me they ain't using tax payers money on tax payers!!!!!!

@@melissarose7711 its definitely more than 1% but I agree in part with what you're saying. He was stealing from everyone and tries to play the Robin Hood narrative.

@@Hope-Truth-Light In a way you're right but I see it as he took the govt's place as the tax collector, not stealing from the govt, because the govt has as much of a right to that money as he did, which is none. The amount of money he made just from doing that shows you exactly how much money the govt steals itself and how wasteful its spending is.

@Jason Fisher school is a way to brainwash kids school is the biggest scam

@robert power Nobody's talking about chump change like you are or shitty Canada though. He's talking about 1 mil and 1 billion.

You usually get less for stealing billions and the government will even bail you out and give you more money for free. Reason being a million dollar business can go but when a billion dollar business goes belly up it usually has huge repercussions on the public and economy.

£999m

@robert power he is saying if you are going to steal 1 million you might as well steal a billion

@Rome O --Jordan Belfort ("the Wolf of Wall Street") stole at least a hundred million; he did 22 months. I guess it all depends on how you steal it and who you steal it from. Still the amount doesn't seem to matter after a certain, rather small threshold.

Beautiful

@Hakeem Prime facts. He did well tho

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Only thing is the customers were paying there tax that didn’t get to the government. Therefore customers like you and I were the victims.

Genius.

DR OTO. Isn’t ripping off tax basically ripping off money that would go to government spending on citizens and taxpayers?

@@vaporz109 No. The government/politicians are doing the exact same thing & worse with the incoming $$$ from We the People. To quote a famous line in a movie that holds a ton of truth: President: "I don't understand, where does all this come from? Where do you get the funding for all of this? Julius Levenstine: You don't actually think they spend $20,000 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you? (speaking about the government) Movie, Independence Day. Here's a little snippet of the idiocy I personally dealt with while doing a job for a government entity a little over a decade ago. I was a general contractor out in Colorado for many years & I got the opportunity to place a bid on replacing front doors for a dozen-ish units in an apartment building that fell under one the governments low income housing programs. (Government funded & the government was footing the bill on this work to be done.) So I'd only been in business as a general contractor for a few years at this point so I had zero idea about how the government worked and bidding on government contracts. Mind you this took place in small town Colorado so being a contractor like you get out here in Los Angeles that tell a customer one price and then just have all kinds of add-ons and by the end of the job it cost three times what they told the customer originally, would not fly in a small town & you'd be out of business within a matter of a month. So being prudent and an honest general contractor I did the research. Negotiated the costs for the steel entrance doors down for these apartments and figured out what the labor would be on each door and that came to about $180 for the doors and about $130 for the labor per door. So I turn this bid in to the apartment manager who would then forward it on to the government program for approval yay or nay and the second she looks at my proposal she says "I don't know, this can't be right $310 per door? They'll never approve this, you sure you don't want to change this!" Me being young & naive I start defending my bid and show her the breakdown, this is what the material cost, this is the labor and I'm about to tell her I suppose I can do it for $25 less per door, thinking I had padded the bid too much but a few words into to telling her that, she cuts me off and says "No no last last time it was over $1700 per door & that was 10yrs ago. Now, totally baffled, I double check with her that I had estimated the correct doors & I did. So I tell her well, this is the cost to do it & they should be happy I'm saving them bookoo bucks, go ahead and send it. She does and calls me a day or two later & tells me my bid was rejected. She tells me if possible resubmit another bid because 2 other contractors still hadn't turned in their bids yet & I still might have a chance. I talk to my uncle that evening, who was the #1 general contractor in the area & had been in biz for over 3 decades about it all because I'm morally conflicted with over charging by $1,000+ per door. Which he thought was hilarious being that it was for a government contract. So long story short I resubmit the bid at $1,472 per door, mind you it was about a dozen doors & each one took approx 2 hrs to install. I end up getting the contract and about a week after the job was completed I get a letter in the mail from the office of the governor of Colorado at the time thanking me on a job well done & for saving that government program money that can now be used elsewhere. I shit you not, the letter said they didn't think it was possible at that price point per door but took a chance on me because their budget was already in dire straits & the other contractor estimates were higher than their budget had. Made over $12,000 profit in 2 days. That is the ignorance of & how out of touch government offices are with reality and that crap is going on with all gov programs across the board etc.

@@andrewactingwayne Said it like a PRO!

andrew wayne andrew wayne Read your entire comment, thanks for the insight. In retrospect it makes sense now since I’ve faced similar situations submitting bids to Fortune 500 companies for property management and being told something similar, causing me to end up raising my prices. On a side note, the correct spelling is beaucoup:)Great post!

Taxation is theft so yea fuck em

They did

He's planning on making a movie about his life.

He did it’s called from godfather to god the father

@@Workfourit That was more of a documentary.

CulCre Yeah I can definitely see that

Vlad is an idiot.

Bruh 10 million dollars back then wasn’t 10 million dollars in today’s money dumb fucks 😂😂

@@luisalanis7887 Lol

@P O like he knew that

wondering how they got away with it until Vlad made that clueless comment.

He now does and is.

True, you can tell by the way he is, 100% certified.

Freeway ricky was super Rich, making 10s of millions

Facts

I wanna see nicky barnes

HE REALLY DIDNT COME UP WITH A " SCHEME"... HE JUST KEPT THE GASOLINE TAX..

socc69 man.. Crazy

now imagine who else was doing this at the time

@@philly442 gaspipe casso was doing it with the Russians...gaspipe was underboss of the luchesse family well with your name you should no this

@House of Savoy your right gaspipe was definitely fuckin savage lol

@House of Savoy even though gas is a rat I think no one could bully him he was to fuckin savage lol

Fully agree, LOVED the Mob James interview, but this guy is right up there!

dnt compare this guy to them bums lmaooo witch one of them u see come back ina fucking suit fuckk outta here hahahaha

Pee Wee Kirkland and Azie were fire too

wiifii 5.0 What makes them bums? You want to say black? Just say it. Criminal is a criminal what ever is color.

@@DLOOT11 Perhaps because they live in the projects and wear t shirts and have 0 sources of legitimate income.

best one ive heard thus far. much more profitable than anything involving construction lol.

ThousandairesClub best one i’ve heard of too. even the government was prob like brilliant! lol

I AM SURE THE GOVERNMENT WAS LIKE...WHERES ARE MONEY?... LOL

REALLY NOT A..SCHEME..THOUGH...JUST HOLDING BACK THE TAXES DUE THE GOVERNMENT

Income tax is a racket!

That’s great your opinion is noted I myself rely on facts not opinions and this interview told me he is very charismatic that doesn’t mean he’s a nice guy he was involved in murders and makes excuses for those murders so nice he’s not reformed maybe in a way but definitely not going to heaven if you believe in heaven some people don’t

@@Rock33b only "FORGIVEN" people go to heaven and are born again.

@@kevinnorkus1842 sure I have read the Bible him being forgiven was not the point I was making thanks though

Your Church cool with you using the profanities? 😂

Right over half a billion dollars a year from this one scheme.

Vlad - Michael I interviewed Freeway Rick Ross Vlad - Michael I interviewed Lil D Vlad - Michael I interviewed Trey Dee Michael - ?????????? Vlad - Did you ever kill someone or know about an unsolved murder and the killer is still alive - if so how do you spell his name? Michael - Ah Vlad I already served my time! Vlad - Sorry about that, it's just like if Kobe ever steps back on the court - do you think he's going to pass the ball or keep shooting doing what he dooo! Michael- - So the gas tax..... Vlad - Wait a second Michael, when my momma visits me I make her confess to murders and she was the one that let me as a child have a sleep over @BMF house and I drank strawberry boones all night - that's what's up! Michael- WTF, I would rather be in prison! Vlad - So this Israel gay guy bite my shoulder on vacation... Vlad - Michael I heard you cut a horse's head off and put it in John Gotti bed when Freedo went fishing with your son Vlad - Did Suge ever try to make you drink piss? I soak myself like Jorge Posadas does his hands

Kevin Dube actually he can. Freeway Rick

CIA Patsy Troublesome Westside Outlaw I’m pretty sure he knows who Freeway Rick is

I know, one of Vlad things is he likes to say to his guests i interviewed "insert name" did you catch it (self gratification) so I am trolling & having fun. I do like his interviews so its friendly trolling/hating but for the rappers & dealers need to share less or STFU because I was in awe of some interviews just picturing prosecutors high 5ing each other listening to vlad. I think Russian Vlad appreciated Michael "doing work" with his people on the fuel tax scam

@Brother Voodoo - that’s debatable, this man might not know about Ricky either. Why would he?

He was born in. He Father was a old school mobster who lived to be 103.

His Father was John "Sonny" Franzese who was Underboss of the Columbo Family when Michael was made.

😂😂😂 I hope y'all keep these tk jokes up

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kirkland don't quit.

Yes entrepreneurship is the best way to go.

EL Plagua exactly bro!

Gonna watch now.. good looks on suggestion

7BLACK5LION no prob bro u gunna love it. Sub to my channel too.

EVERYTHING BYJOHN you earned a new sub👊🏾👌🏾

good stuff. also on a side note The 75th Precinct documentary was good... just watched it.

People are more willing to watch a short clip than something full length. I'm familiar with Michael Franzese's story so I wouldn't have even clicked on this if it was 1-2 hours.

broderick gooden smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

lol

Don't need too win the lottery when you have the connection and muscle

hereforthefuckery if u get a moment check me out

I highly doubt that number

@@leach713 350 gas station it would be pretty easy.

Of course he wasnt makin 10 million a week. Just think for a second about how ridiculous that sounds.

Yeah. I wanted to know the what & how.

MMG Ridge I thought that’s who it was when I clicked on the first part video

And now I cannot unsee it... if ever they made a movie about him, Liam Neeson would play him..

Please dnt remind us bout that douche

I thought it was liam to a movie should be made about this guy

There’s another actor he looks like and I can’t think. Soon as I find him I’ll be back on here with an update.

What you mean???

You mean the guy speaks properly and has high IQ

Hopefully before he dies so we can get the real deal

LOL...... i like that

TheConMan can y'all stop this crap pls smfh

"...have you ever met Slim Jesus?"