24 Facts About Frank Lino

Frank "Curly" Lino was an American former caporegime in the Bonanno crime family who later became an informant.

Frank Lino attended Brooklyn's Lafayette High School but dropped out in tenth grade.

Frank Lino's father died in 1989, according to what Michael DiLeonardo said during testimony against John A Gotti.

Frank Lino first became associated with the La Cosa Nostra at the age of seventeen, and operated the local floating card games controlled by a Genovese crime family made soldier.

Frank Lino was a close business associate of Rosario Gangi.

Frank Lino is the father of successful New York City Wall Street stockbroker Michael, and father of Joseph, who became a made member of the Bonanno family.

Frank Lino is cousin-in-law to Grace Ann Scala-Lino, the sister of Gambino crime family capo Salvatore Scala and father of Colombo crime family mob associate Robert X Grace Ann Lino was a customer of drug dealer Michael Aiello.

Frank Lino was enraged over Aiello selling drugs to her and arranged for his murder, which he was supposed to witness, but the murder attempt was botched.

Frank Lino is the father of two sons, one Joseph Lino born c 1961 who became a made member of the Bonanno family and Michael Lino.

Frank Lino is a son-in-law to Genovese crime family mob associates Francis Consalvo and Carmine Consalvo and distant uncle to Louis Consalvo.

Frank Lino is a first cousin of Bonanno family capo Robert Lino, Sr.

Frank Lino is the godfather to Michael Lino and Frank Coppa, Jr.

Frank Lino is a cousin-in-law to Gambino crime family capo Salvatore Scala.

Frank Lino is a close friend of the New York Mets pitcher John Franco and an avid baseball fan.

Frank Lino was a no-show school bus driver for the Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union and employed by a mob-owned bus company Atlantic Express Transportation Corporation that was awarded contracts from the New York City Department of Education, located at 7 North Street in Port Richmond, Staten Island which is still in operation.

Frank Lino became a made man of the Bonanno crime family on October 30,1977, on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy, Manhattan at his capo Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato's apartment.

Frank Lino gained a tremendous amount of weight and began to suffer from high blood pressure.

Frank Lino had done everything from selling illegal pornography to running pump and dump schemes on Wall Street.

Frank Lino, who had escaped, was brought instead of Indelicato's son, but was quickly won over to Massino's side.

In September 1999, Frank Lino began serving a 57-month sentence in prison.

In 2003, Frank Lino was arrested along with Massino, underboss Salvatore Vitale, and fellow capo Daniel Mongelli on a sweeping RICO indictment.

Frank Lino quickly realized that Vitale's testimony could potentially send him to prison for life.

Frank Lino's testimony implicated Massino in four homicides and featured the first full eyewitness account of the murder of the three captains.

Frank Lino died in Witness Protection on August 2,2023, aged 84.