John DiFronzo explained

John DiFronzo
Birth Date:13 December 1928
Death Place:River Grove, Illinois, US
Allegiance:Chicago Outfit
Occupation:Crime boss
Relatives:Peter DiFronzo and Joseph DiFronzo (brothers)

John DiFronzo (December 13, 1928 – May 27, 2018), nicknamed "No Nose", was an American mobster and the reputed former boss of the Chicago Outfit.[1]

Biography

DiFronzo, a former enforcer and caporegime in the Chicago Outfit, first appeared with a criminal record in 1949. He got the nickname "No Nose" because he sliced off part of his nose while jumping through a window during a 1949 clothing store burglary. Reportedly, the police gave him back the missing part, which was almost perfectly restored.[2] In 1950, DiFronzo served two years in prison for burglary.

DiFronzo was a suspect in the unsolved 1952 murder of Charles Gross, a West Side politician with suspected ties to organized crime. He was a member of the Three Minute Gang and identified as a member of a loansharking operation along with former Chicago police officers Albert Sarno and Chris Cardi in 1964. Imprisoned syndicate leader Joseph Aiuppa chose DiFronzo to head criminal operations in Chicago's western suburbs over acting syndicate boss Joseph Ferriola. Eventually, he became one of several de facto leaders running the Outfit in Chicago.

His brother, Peter DiFronzo, a "made man", was convicted of warehouse burglary in 1963.[3]

In 1993, DiFronzo was convicted along with Chicago boss Samuel "Black Sam" Carlisi, his gambling capo Donald "The Wizard of Odds" Angelini, and four other men of federal racketeering charges for attempting to subterfuge gambling operations at the Rincon Reservation near San Diego.[4] The 1993 conviction was reversed on appeal, however, and DiFronzo was released from prison in 1994.[5]

In 2009, DiFronzo, Rudy Fratto and several others were named in a civil lawsuit by Joseph Fosco, the son of late Teamsters treasurer Armando Fosco, alleged to have tried to extort $400,000 from Fosco.[6]

DiFronzo died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on May 27, 2018.[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who's Who in Chicago Outfit for 1997 ISPN-97-10-12 . Ipsn.org . 2011-12-04 . May 21, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170521220053/http://www.ipsn.org/cc97.html . dead .
  2. Book: Roemer, Jr.. William F. Roemer Jr.. William F.. Accardo : The Genuine Godfather. 1996. Ivy Books. New York. 0804114641. 1st Ballantine Books.
  3. Web site: I-Team Report: Lunch with 'No Nose' | abc7chicago.com . Abclocal.go.com . 2009-03-12 . 2011-12-04 . June 4, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051247/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news%2Fiteam&id=6705293 . live .
  4. Eidsmoe, John "Legalized Gambling: America's Bad Bet", page 68
  5. Web site: Federal Bureau of Prisons . Bop.gov . 1994-07-19 . 2011-12-04 . December 11, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081211073233/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=John&Middle=&LastName=DiFronzo&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0 . dead .
  6. Web site: Reputed mobster charged with tax evasion in new case . Chicago Breaking News . 2009-09-29 . 2011-12-04.
  7. Web site: Chicago mob boss John "No Nose" DiFronzo dead at 89 . ABC7 Chicago . 2018-05-29.
  8. Web site: With top Chicago mob boss dead, Outfit looks for new blood . ABC7 Chicago . 2018-06-01.

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