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Order Number	00106478
Title	Fraud charge jails him
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 12842
Date	1966
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	"Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno was born Aladena James Fratianno in Naples, Italy and brought to the United States as an infant. Fratianno went by the name "Jimmy" because he believed "Aladena" sounded like "a broad's name." He was based in Cleveland, Ohio and later became acting head of the Los Angeles crime family before becoming a US government witness. Fratianno gave the government inside information in the early1970s which led to no convictions. In 1981, after testifying for the government in a trial that led to the racketeering convictions of five reputed Mafia figures, he was entered into the federal Witness Protection Program. The government dropped him from the program after his second biography, Vengeance is Mine, was published. The FBI determined that Fratianno could support himself. Fratianno spent his later years as a criminal celebrity with appearances on television news programs and various television documentaries.
Description	First photograph caption dated August 17, 1966 reads "Ex-convict James 'the Weasel' Fratiano (sic), reputed Mafia West Coast 'enforcer,' walks into Police Administration Building after his arrest at International Airport on an Imperial County warrant charging him with fraud." Fratianno is shown wearing sunglasses and holding a cigarette.; Second photograph caption reads "Jimmy 'the Weasel' Fratianno--age about 62--and one of the busiest Mafioso in this area. Convictions for robbery, extortion, criminal conspiracies date to 1937, says the federal Organized Crime Task Force. Last sentenced to jail 1969 for trucking co. fraud. Suspected to be executioner of 16 crime figures. Got nickname when he boasted he 'ran like a weasel' away from pursuing officer."
Subject	Fratianno, Jimmy,--1913- Organized crime--United States. Gangsters--United States. Criminals--California--Los Angeles. Crime--California--Los Angeles. Smoking--California--Los Angeles. Men--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection