He owed them 250 grand and he was quite literally laughing. He only had 5 years to pay it off and he thought that was just fine

Exactly

definetely

That’s the problem he’s dealing with tho.. no one believes he doesn’t have some lump sum of money stashed somewhere lol.

This man is too smart to not have money everywhere! Even if he managed to only keep 1% of the 2 billion they got from the gas tax scam alone thats still 20 million right there. Not too mention all the money he's making now from the appearance fees, book and movie sales, this guy is easily a multi-millionaire and maybe even a billionaire!

And i am not complaining

That's the power of an OG man.

[CB] Hemptastic yeah like wtf

and that's good.

You've to say he is very entertaining to listen to, a very smart guy too, is there any money, probably but not too much as he would be dead now if there was

He totally does😂😂😂

4000$ a month lol

To most people that's a lot of money, to some it's no money at all.

@Harry Smith That's why he said he needed 5 years to pay it off.(cough cough) You can create a legal paper trail over 5 years for the 250k from his book sales/tours, speaking engagements, & interviews.

A guy in my small town that lives in the biggest house here got a tax bill for $700k. The next year he built a 3 car garage, shop for his tractor, a $30,000 playset for his kids etc. Guys that evade tax have millions buried.

The wisest man who ever lived spoke in parables. No, it wasn't Solomon.

Or he's talking a good story to sell his book.

@@RantTherapist im guessing you mean Jesus? Aesop was pretty great too. 😎

@@Mrbootyman communist was a good story to bad it didn't sell to other countries so good

@@Vdanman Why too bad?

Doesn't he though. I said the same thing watching the interview. Watch his eyes. Absolutely

I have met him... He is super nice and crazy intelligent. Not a guy you wanted to mess with in business back in the day for sure!!!

@@thechefsoffice I think he could sit down and talk with a university professor (he was a medical student afterall) and the meanest street thug and command respect from both of them. Back in the day I have no doubt he would be the last person in the world you would want to fuck with. No wonder he went so far in the mob.

Cause he's Italian we all look bad ass

thee legend gay all new Italian look gay

janner bey nah man that will just get you tied to a chair

And become a celibrity on KZfaq

he is smart ... talking about mafia ? ok ... but he never mentioned names, times etc ... he is talking globally so to be honest ... doing no real harm

As far as I can tell when he went away he only copped to his shit and didn't say other names to reduce his sentence, so when he got out people didn't want to go near him but they also didn't feel they had to kill him.

@@kacmed Also the stuff he mostly talks about is what happened, and majority of those people are dead, in jail or soon to be dead...He's almost 70, despite his looks, and he was one of the youngest people in power. On top of that, plenty things changed since then (at least that is what I am assuming). He's being very smart about it, knowing the limits, what he can and can't say, and also knows how to make it interesting so he can bank on it.

@Sap Sap can I be in it

There’s been many lol

j00 names ?

There was a good documentary of the mafia on netflix it was a while back. But it shows his story also of donnie brasco. Dude is smart

justin foad ohh alright thanks

Larry Gerry no shit I don’t even make 4 k a month 😔

Average salary in america is nearly 5k a month, if you have a good job you can easily get 8k+ month, this guy is “famous” so im guessing he earns much more than 10k a month not even thinking about the money he has hidden somewhere 😂

You do realise you are talking about one of the most famous mob familie's boss do you?I'm sure when he says i dont have any money it s a bit different than you and i not having money.

Technically he should have "no money" because the US Gov tends to sieze all assets related federal crime

He wasnt the 'boss' he was a capo. Under the boss. And when he says no money he meant BIG MONEY. They were starting at 100 million. The agent worked down to 10 which is roughly 10% of the principal. He brought it down to a quarter of a percent. Over 5 years. Hes a national and international motivational speaker and im sure he has started some actually legit busineses in his new life, you have to realize this guy used to have over 1 million out on the street as loans to people. So when he says money he probably means something different than you. Like to me 100 dollars is money. To him 100 is a tip he leaves at a table where he got merely adequate service.

I don't watch a lot of interviews or videos that are longer than an hour, but every once in a while you find a gold mine of wisdom and interesting stories worth every single second in gold or at least crude oil, so at least .2 gold.

Rant Therapist I just play em in background as white noise

It’s so good

O'SSÉIN - Master Your Mind With Me problem is he does interviews every day

Totally entertaining. A great salesman, motivational speaker....

So so true I felt that immediately !!

Fireoncityy true that

He literally said "I have no money" several times

@@leonjonsson816 he's lying. he can't admit he has the money until the statute of limitations is up and no perjury trap exists.

@@uchibenkei obviously

@@leonjonsson816 then what was the point of your comment?

@@uchibenkei Your original statement was factually incorrect, you made it sound like he played with words and not directly saying that he had no money. When he in fact says that he doesn't have money.

thats stupid there is no way to determine that

@@atownish1488hh sure there is. I'll look for evidence.

@@atownish1488hh Far cry from $10 billion but it's only been 2 minutes. And this is only 1 scam and also only citing money they KNOW of from the gas scheme

@@mohnjarx7801 he def made big money but he had to spread the wealth but i wouldnt say he was ever worth 10 billion not even one billion remeber these wise guys spend as fast as they make

@@atownish1488hh I started reading a ton of articles about him, I think you're right. It looks like even at his prime he made $40 million a year (~$30 a year from gas). That's a crazy amount but he wasn't doing it long enough to be worth more than a billion (maybe that's high) let alone 10 billion. I could see a billion though because $250-$300 million (high end) over 10 years, added to the other businesses and also to the opportunity that type of money brings.

His clothing isn't Walmart specials. I wonder how he convinces the gov't that he is broke, while wearing nice clothes.

"Most interviewers" = VladTV. It's pretty rare for a guy of Michael's background to be stuck getting interviewed by someone so dumb and uneducated. But coming from those videos, everyone else sure seems amazing, don't they?! :D

Mi Scuzzi the IRS is staffed by professionals. You know who has better professionals? Rich people.

Facts

Well look at it this way. Its low hanging and efficient fruit. The rich will tie it up in court for years. Like this guy did. The not rich will settle fast and on terms more favorable to the govt than this guy did. And there are few billionaires. A few more millionaires. And hundreds of millions of not rich peoole out there. Who would you target if you were a scum bag fuck face who wanted fast cash?

@ who?

@@metamorphicorder u he said are u stupid or somtin ...u get abused and have to ask who ?

Lucas not near as much today as it was back then! Today the dollar is worth 4 cents! Back then although the dollar wasn’t backed by gold anymore it stil held value! The same whataburger you pay $7 for with less meat and quality cost 15 cents back in 1950! How’s that for your head? A 1$ bill is worth the same as a 100$ bill it’s printed on the same worthless paper made out of thin air and they tell you how much it is!

@@swolaceferrari6611 todays word is inflation. Learn, or remain the helpless cretin you are.

@@andreaskuusisto5768 no hes right. The dollar is now printed on thin air. Made up money. America are in serious debt. Backed by gold that is used up. Check your facts!

Andreas, since you know the word, why don't you investigate the meaning? Swolace is completely correct. The dollar today is worth anywhere from 5 to 1 percent of the original value, which was defined as rough .9 oz of silver, coined by the us treasury. Thats inflation. Its the printing of money to intentionally devalue currency and give bankers free leverage to control real estate and businesses foolish enough to take the loans. Free money for the bankers, not for you though. Imagine how hard they laugh everyday.

Swolace Ferrari $8M*

Money rots better get it soon before it's gone

Money decays over time so I hope he moves it frequently

@Archock Encanto hey dumbass.... there are alot of ways to hide money underground. . If they have submarines that can go to the bottom of the ocean without water leaking in... and waterproof all kind of shit.. than there is a water proof container that would work. Fuckin burial vaults are guaranteed for decades. And trust me I know I use to work for a company who sold them and set them up funerals and everything. It's possible.

the thing is with these interviews gangsters tend to go over the same things, there's multiple documentaries about his life and stuff that he did if you just look up michael franzese the first thing you see is a documentary where he repeats his stories so theres nothing being left out in this interview.. what we should get is an interview where he talks about the not well known stuff.

@@kieranb7747 They uploaded the full interview and he actually talks about things hasn't spoke about before in other interviews

Good fellas? Like who

@@justinamenta7241 John Lennon, MLK, Malcolm x ,JFK

@@justinamenta7241 The good fellas die when the government wants to make some money of war.

Government steals from citizens and calls it LEGAL...the mob steals from the Government they go to prison for 100 years.....

@@jinisteffani8035 ...Wat

what????

exponentionally

Shameful he married a mexican

@@davidnoone3254 ok boomer

superdupersubby lmao

@@davidnoone3254 why is it shameful? what's wrong with marrying a mexican? they are pretty, you fucking piece of shit, and I'm not even mexican but you're racist as fuck.

So in theory his sons couldn't become made men (if they decided to go that route) because their mother is not Sicilian! LOL

You're not the only one with a Man crush on him....(just saying) ;-)

Zodiac581 edit your comment and add “no homo” at the end

Yall gay n bro told smh

Sus af

Y'all Gay af LMAO

Thanks Pedro. That's kind of you to notice. Are you keeping track? The counting position is open if you're interested. Oops, my apologies, that's *accounting. I often confuse the two 'cause they practically the same thing, you know. That and they often be jewish, if you know what I mean. Hue-hue. Back in the day before he retired, my actuary, excuse me, I meant to say *accountant, I confuse those too 'cause they are often jewish too. Scuse me, scuse me. So my old jewish accountant used to always say, "Hey ma! Where's my kippah! Can you check Matthew's room 'cause that fucker keeps stealing mine and drawing profanities all over! I will strangle that little rascal if he has committed such crimes again! Please ma! I'm doing this man's accounting before we go to Sunday service real quick! Ma! Beat the shit out of Matthew for me for defacing/defiling my kippah!" His mother would show up and say, "Matthew has disappeared. Gone. Completely unaccounted for. Probably left and gone to a country with no extradition laws back to USA, so you will be unable to put your hands on him and physically arrest or assault him, putting your violent will on our poor boy who has done no crime to no kippah unless you first prove it in the court of law!" See, his mother was a lawyer, which my lawyer was too, because it was she. And so, he'd reply back, "Fine, bitch." And I would chuckle. And then he would chuckle. And then she would chuckle. And we'd all laugh and laugh. True story, that one. One of my best memories. And this would happen every time, I mean every time I came in to do some financials, logging, figuring out the right price for the hookers, whatever, this guy could do it all, even in old age. Never interested in the jay-jay himself, but he was real good at figuring out how supply and demand works and which hotspots and choke-points were the best for maximum profitability, so I let him run the supply and demand, the orders of more, which he would go by feel, taste and visual, a little unorthodox, but it brought great results so it was fine by me. And so, every time I'd go visit him THIS EXACT SCENARIO would play out one way or another, every single time. I never saw his kid brother even once though, which I thought was odd but didn't question it. And here is where his mom laid the bomb on me. When he retired and went to a home, I thought it was a regular home, but it was a non-regular home. If you know what I mean (like for the retardos and stuff), and his mom said that he had 7 other personalities and one of them was that boy that would draw on his kippah. Now I don't know about you, but that boy better get arrested! He tortured that man for over 30 years and do you know the financial strain he caused on this man! Having to buy a new kippah almost every week! So I went to the special retirement home, passed all the security checkpoints with Elmo and Cookie Monster cutouts, and beat the living shit out of him! Halfway through he quit being the compulsively drawing boy and so to this very day I feel really bad for him because I don't know how long I was beating the shit out of him, it could've been very much right from the start, as I don't even remember exactly anymore because of short term memory loss. And so, everybody lived happily ever after after that. Got a new accountant, jewish too, but with a vagina. She's married though so me and Jay don't talk. Anyways, good talking to you Pedro. It's been a while. Over and out. How's ma? She good and still make that heavenly taco soup and casserole? Tell her to send me one, I'll choke out $15 for the 14.99 international shipping, you can keep the $0.01 for yourself, save it in your rainy fund campaign or something. I got your mums a gift at a garage sale, it's a literal bowl (you can put my taco soup innit biiiiiiitch, haha) on a necklace, I hope she likes it. Because see, that's what good friends do for each other. They say nah, you're good, .01 won't break my wallet, might ruin the rest of my day misplacing a penny, but hey, it's not like it's a dime or nothin'. That would make it rain hell over low caste paradise! *audible chuckling that slowly turns into imitated rage* P.S. I expect correspondence within a week or less about the bowl and the frozen taco soup liquid which I will thaw and consume when delivered to these premises, and will respond to you about my personal experience with said product from mex-ma.com. If no said correspondence is sent I will never mention the soup again and will adhere from satisfying you with loving comments and complimentary directed to your ma's excellent soup making ability. No, this is not a joke. Do not test me. So long, this is a joke I made up, I am broke, homeless and tired, a little hungry but ate an earlier orange peel which was thick and juicy for a peel which provided me with sustainable sustenance. When do I get the job for the jokester position? I know I'm already a joke, but when does the money for it start rolling in?

fuck off Nicola :)

You can find the whole thing on the channel

Ancient Laws crazy your the one to reply, I miss watching your 07 vids!! At the time of posting this he had only uploaded the clips... since then I did see the full interview and have watched it.

But it’s in my muddas name

"Are you stupid or what?"

lol..

smoking joe fax on crip

except he's not stupid enough to put it in any backyard. Front yard maybe, but definitely not back.

Or the smartest ...Lucky is only 10% , intelligent is key

Didn't need to

He said in one of his recent interviews that hes working on a movie finally.

I dont think its just Americans, look at the shows on netflix like Narcos- people try to relate to the gangsters so badly

There s a guy making the rounds who was a friend and associate of Gotti Jr. Did some hits turned states evidence did time got out.nowhe's written a book Gotti Rules(?) Said something telling . he was Albanian .his father had a lot of connections.taljs about clubs he owned over there Greece too I think..point is he s got his own probably had it even when.with gambinos. Yeah he kicked some back but if it's in Europe somewhere ? These guys probably didn't know. And he's probably still got stuff there. Made his own

Like it

@Nico Gambino no way......

@@yoransom They collected money the government would have scammed from everyone anyway. He sold gas cheaper than everywhere else so if anything he is less of a conman than the corrupt government.

@@daved6672 who did he rat on

connor mcenhill he didn’t rat.. he lived a bad life, but changed the right way. I think this guy is awesome. He never put anyone away, and never got killed because of it

Hehe. She said big. You look like you are big on dating men who are big. If you wanna get big yourself, as you shoudl, you know how you get big? By lifting weights and working hard. You should lift weights and work hard. You will gain muscle and get big. And then you can buy a big house, big car, and big nail polish and tweezer sold in a special travel size pouch for big unibrows that just won't give. And no, you can't use my lighter. First of all, it's not a lighter, it's a personal compact fire rectangle, and two, I actually don't even smoke so this lighter doesn't ever flick, unless I am wanting to flick, even if for no reason but to flick just to flick, flick without cause. Furthermore, and you're taking up my time here, I carry this lighter to parties just so I can say no to smokers when they forget their personal compact fire pouch or rectangle, I like to see that little light in their eyes disappear, no, not from when the lighter rectangle shuts off, but when I say no and their hopes to suck are crushed.

i told my landlord that when i couldnt pay the rent he threw me out , now im unhappy

Watch the previous interview he done with pat (the guy interviewing here) great interview pat really done his homework and it shows, I like vlad but he should stick to rappers lol he is out of his depth with this guy

I'm sorry to hear you had to suffer through that invalid fuckin' twat. He's so daft, it's incredible...

He's a man of Christ now, or as he often says when he's over for dinner, "man of faith."

Rant Therapist i hope so, wish more criminals went that direction

When a criminal is your role model society really has hit rock bottom.

@@TiagoOliveira-js9ts This criminals aren't politicians. Society already sucks from rock bottom.

@@sundaresann4749 i am not a politician fan either, they are also corrupted. But you dont need to choose your role model from corrupts or criminals.

@@TiagoOliveira-js9ts Will try my best.

@@TiagoOliveira-js9ts But his stories got lessons, which is true in business world, since I'm also into business, meetings, negotiations, this stories will be helpful for future entrepreneurs too.

What you mean?

He will tell his family where the money is and its into the hundreds of millions when hes on his death bed. They say franzese got houses and all sorts overseas in the name of trusts that have front people that franzese knows as beneficiarys so that government searches dont find micheals name anywhere so they cant pin him to say that moneys yours or thats your assets. Hes a very wealthy guy.

@Combat Bananas as well as daily living cost inflation and most of all taxes. I'm more likely to squirrel away money than to spend it. When you struggle to become financially secure from having nothing I tend to not ever want to go backwards. I hope to be financially secure one day. I'm getting to old to slave away living paycheck to paycheck. They say money doesn't make you happy but it sure would be nice to not worry about feeding your family and keeping utilities on. We live in a screwed up system. We are taught that this is normal. Its not.

@Combat Bananas thank you

The richer u get the cheaper u get. So u will always be hungry gor more

If your not a greedy person and know your morals and ethics all you would need is the interest from 1 million. You wouldn't even touch the million. But materialism always tempting the weak

Jason H1 which is why I’m all for tax free money if it’s not a detriment to the livelihood of other ppl.

He didnt rat on a single mafia man ever,that is why the mafia allowed him to go on these things and speak freely about things THAT HAVE HAPPENED,if you watch more of him you can clearly see that he usually doesnt answer some harder questions but just gives a random interesting story that has nothing to do with the question, the only things he talks about are the mafia guys who are either long dead or in prison for life and the mob has jothing to do with them

That mob doesn't exist anymore. There's no more mob bosses that can hurt him and like he said in one of these videos only a boss could allow a hit on anyone and everyone that are still alive are old men like him and they're mostly "out" Worst thing that happens to him now would be loss of respect from his buddies maybe even a minor fight and argument but he'll at least have earned a nice chunk of money for his family.

@@OtakuWrath just cause media says the mob died off doesnt mean they actually did.. Theyre so much hidden from public and even people who research this shit.

Just like Jimmy Bulger. Stashing stuff all over the place for twenty years. Had Russians open up.some accounts somewhere. Who knows. Why not.

He once said that he had a safe in his basement in NJ with 10 million in cash just to make sure.