Michael Franzese

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1,097 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 19 Jul

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And that was, there were other guys doing it.

You know, some of the Russians were doing it.

But I think we perfected the system and lasted, you know, quite long.

And we had a lot of other people that were trying to do it that were involved with us.

So we we created that scam.

And it was, you know, people said it was the biggest scam since prohibition.

And I believe that.

I don't think there was anything else because we weren't big drug dealers.

And obviously, when you talk drugs, you know.

enormous money, but we weren't big drug dealers, despite what everybody says.

Not true.

When I took an oath, they told me straight out, you deal with drugs, you die.

And we weren't allowed to touch it.

And there was some guys doing it on the sly.

Yeah.

But we weren't major drug dealers, at least back during my era.

So, you know, I was doing a lot of things and I had a head for business and I just kept plugging away.

Well, you know, we do both.

I mean, I had to give up 25% of my, whatever I earned, had to go up the ladder to the family.

And that's the deal that I made with the boss at the time.

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