Michael Magnafichi is a member of the Chicago Outfit, an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in

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. He is the son of Lee Magnafichi, who also was a member of the Outfit, supposedly working under John "Jackie The Lackey" Cerone. Michael would later become Jackie Cerone's personal driver. In a declassified 2002

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memorandum, Magnafichi was identified as one of the principal threats to the safety of mob turncoat

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, a cooperating witness in the Operation Family Secrets trial. Some sources claim that Michael, along with

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, was or still is an Elmwood Park street boss under

Peter DiFronzo Peter DiFronzo (May 13, 1933 – December 4, 2020) was an American mobster in the Chicago Outfit. Life DiFronzo was a made member and the caporegime of the Elmwood Park Crew within the Chicago Outfit. In 1965, he was sentenced to 10 years a ...

, brother of Outfit leader

John DiFronzo John DiFronzo (December 13, 1928 – May 27, 2018), nicknamed "No Nose", was an American mobster and the reputed former boss of the Chicago Outfit. Biography DiFronzo, a former enforcer and caporegime, first appeared with a criminal record in ...

. However, an in-depth interview of Michael Magnafichi by Outfit historian Joseph Fosco in 2011 suggested that Michael had not been actively involved with the Outfit for years. In 2013, Michael, who spent years running book for the Chicago Outfit, began producing a sports

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnafichi, Michael 1962 births American gangsters of Italian descent Chicago Outfit mobsters Living people