| Ignazio Saietta |
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| sicilian-american mobsters | |
| people from corleone | |
| 1877 births | |
| 1947 deaths | |
| mafia-camorra war | |
| counterfeiters | |
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He was born in Corleone , Sicily . He fled to the United States in 1889 after killing a man. He was arrested and found guilty in 1910 for operating a large scale Counterfeit ing ring. Saietta was granted parole in 1920 but 16 years later during the Roosevelt administration, Saietta was sent to the Atlanta federal prison for Racketeering . He died in 1947 in Brooklyn after serving a short sentence. TRIVIA Ignazio is thought to be the inspiration of the Harvey Keitel character "Mr. Wolf" in Quentin Tarantino 's '' Pulp Fiction ''. There is also a character called "Ignaz the Wolf" in Damon Runyon 's short story ''Too Much Pep''. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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