Carmine Persico is the former leader of the Colombo crime family. He was convicted of racketeering in the 1980s and was sentenced to over 100 years in prison.http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/09/nyregion/mob-figure-acquitted-in-murder-and-racketeering-case.html
In 2009, the 75-year-old ex-crime boss was serving time at the Butner Federal Correctional Institution in North Carolina; the same prison where Bernard Madoff was sent to serve his time.
