In this episode of Divine Intervention, we are joined by former mob captain Michael Franzese, "The Born Again Don." Michael Franzese was alternately referred to by the media and members of law enforcement alike, as the New York Mob's "Long Island Don" and "The Prince of the Mafia." He was once the primary target of a massive, fourteen agency government task force that "had one assignment----to bring down the Mafia's youngest and most financially powerful new superstar, Michael Franzese." At the height of his mob activity, Michael was "one of the biggest money earners the mob had seen since Al Capone, and the youngest individual on Fortune magazine's survey of "The Fifty Biggest Mafia Bosses." (Vanity Fair Magazine). The son of a kingpin in New York's Colombo crime family, Michael became a sworn, made member of the Mafia at the age of 24. He avoided the traditional Mafia domains in favor of the enormously lucrative edges of the legitimate business world. He masterminded brilliant scams, from auto dealerships to union kickbacks, from financial services to the worlds of sports and entertainment, to a multi-billion dollar gasoline tax scheme, all with the help of ambitious tycoons and his own remarkable shrewdness. His operations in gambling, loan sharking and corporate crime became a target of Manhattan's famed federal prosecutor, Rudy Giuliani, who indicted Michael on racketeering charges only to come up empty handed in court. More indictments would follow, however, and in a dramatic turn of events for the onetime Mob caporegime, Michael decided to plead guilty to yet another racketeering indictment, accept a 10 year prison sentence, and then vowed to do the unthinkable-surrender his life to Jesus Christ and quit the mob. Michael is one of the only people to publicly walk away from the mob without going into the witness protection program and live to tell about it. Click the links below to hear the amazing and dramatic story of how the prince of the mafia met the prince of peace, and how Jesus restored him and turned his life around!

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