Phil Leonetti
- January 8, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
Full Name | Phil Leonetti |
Occupation | Writer |
Date Of Birth | Mar 27, 1953(1953-03-27) |
Age | 71 |
Birthplace | Absecon |
Country | United States |
Birth City | New Jersey |
Horoscope | Aries |
Phil Leonetti Biography
Name | Phil Leonetti |
Birthday | Mar 27 |
Birth Year | 1953 |
Place Of Birth | Absecon |
Home Town | New Jersey |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Aries |
Parents | Annunziata Scarfo, Pasquale Leonetti |
Phil Leonetti is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on March 27, 1953 in Absecon, New Jersey, United States. Philip Michael “Crazy Phil” Leonetti (born March 27, 1953) is an American former mobster who became the underboss of the Philadelphia crime family under his mentor, uncle and former boss, Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo, before becoming a government informant in 1989 while facing a sentence of 45 years for racketeering. At that time, he was the highest-ranking member of the American Mafia to break his blood oath and turn informant. As part of his cooperation, he served just five years in prison, and later authored a book about the mob.
In 1989, Leonetti received 45 years in prison for racketeering charges, while Scarfo was given 55 years. Shortly after, he agreed to testify against Scarfo and the family, also admitting to participating in 10 murders; this allowed for his release after only five years, subsequently going into hiding.
In 1979, Nicky Scarfo ordered Leonetti to murder Vincent Falcone, a criminal associate who had been underestimating Scarfo’s power within the crime family; he shot him twice. This would not be his last murder for Scarfo. A year later, he would be initiated as a made man. By the early 1980s, Leonetti was already a millionaire and controlled a lucrative trade of racketeering, illegal gambling, loan sharking, extortion and skimming from the Atlantic City casinos. A war within the family was also brewing as short reigned boss Philip Testa was killed by a nail bomb at his home in 1981, and so Scarfo began the war as he secured the top position for himself and eventually promoting Leonetti as his underboss
Phil Leonetti Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Writer |
House | Living in own house. |
Phil Leonetti is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Phil Leonetti 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
It was in 1978 that he gained the moniker “Crazy Phil” from a local radio talk show host. Leonetti did not like the nickname and was not referred to as such by his mob peers.
Shortly after Leonetti was released from prison, he married the former girlfriend of Vincent Falcone, whom he had murdered in 1979. In 2013, he published a book about his criminal life, Mafia Prince: Inside America’s Most Violent Crime Family and The Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra, which details accounts of the Five New York Mob Families, the American Mafia Commission and other crime families across the United States, including his dealings with infamous gangsters such as John Gotti and Vincent Gigante.
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