Louis Ferrante was born on May 13,1969 and is an American writer who was a former heist expert and Gambino crime family mobster.
32 Facts About Louis Ferrante
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Louis Ferrante spent eight and a half years in prison for heists and hijackings, successfully appealed his conviction and became a bestselling true crime, business, and science writer.
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On September 15,2011, Ferrante spoke at The Economist's Ideas Economy: Human Potential Summit in New York City.
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On October 21,2014, Louis Ferrante spoke at the CEO Global Leaders Forum in New York City, hosted by billionaire businessman Leonard Lauder.
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Louis Ferrante was born on May 13,1969, in Queens, New York, where he was raised.
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Louis Ferrante's plans were foiled by the FBI, although there was insufficient evidence to charge Ferrante and his crew with a crime.
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Louis Ferrante was eventually indicted by the FBI, the United States Secret Service, and the Nassau County Organized Crime Task Force.
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The main witness against Louis Ferrante entered the Witness Protection program.
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Louis Ferrante hired controversial civil rights attorney William Kunstler to defend him.
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Louis Ferrante has appeared in at least one biography based on the life of William Kunstler.
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Louis Ferrante's defense was defeated in court by prosecutors and Louis Ferrante was convicted.
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Louis Ferrante refused to cooperate with the government and did not inform on former associates of the Gambino family.
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Louis Ferrante was sent to the maximum security prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to begin his sentence.
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Louis Ferrante has stated he read his first book and became interested in writing during his incarceration at the Lewisburg Penitentiary.
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Louis Ferrante subsequently immersed himself in the study of history, philosophy, science, law, and literature.
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Louis Ferrante penned a historical novel, Aleesa, set in the antebellum South.
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Louis Ferrante was released in January 2003, after serving eight and a half years.
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Louis Ferrante's second book is titled Mob Rules and is a non-fiction business book.
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Louis Ferrante conceived this theory while at prison, but developed it after his release.
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Louis Ferrante has contributed essays to Signed, Your Student: Celebrities Praise the Teachers Who Made Them Who They Are Today, and Bound to Last: 30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book.
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In January 2023, Louis Ferrante published the first volume of The Borgata Trilogy: A History of the American Mafia.
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The book came about when Louis Ferrante was invited to Sicily to speak at a literary conference arranged by the German media conglomerate Axel Springer SE.
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Louis Ferrante has visited numerous United Kingdom prisons in an effort to help British prison inmates.
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Louis Ferrante has been a guest on numerous BBC Radio and television programs and has appeared as a guest on the world-renowned news program BBC HARDTalk.
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Louis Ferrante was nominated for the Grierson Trust Award, which is considered by many the United Kingdom's most prestigious documentary award; the list of nominees includes David Attenborough.
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Louis Ferrante is an award-nominated television host, who works behind the camera.
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Louis Ferrante is co-creator and executive producer for the television series, The Diamond Collar which aired on Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network on early 2014.
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Louis Ferrante appeared with actors Al Pacino and James Caan and with director Francis Ford Coppola in the anniversary documentary, The Godfather Legacy.
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Time Magazine's World Desk interviewed Louis Ferrante and covered the story on August 10,2017.
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Louis Ferrante received the UK Celebrity Reading Hero Award, which was presented to him by Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in 2009.
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In 2013, Louis Ferrante made the final shortlist of nominees for the Grierson Trust Documentary Television Awards in the United Kingdom.
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Louis Ferrante was nominated for Documentary Presenter of the Year for his show Inside the Gangsters' Code.