Frank " Curly " Lino (October 30, 1938 – August 2, 2023) was an American former caporegime in the Bonanno crime family who later became an informant.

Nov 22, 2004 · AT THE END OF HIS long Mafia career, Frank (Curly) Lino faced a terrible dilemma – die in prison or turn on his own son and his extended mob family. He decided …

Apr 26, 2014 · Former mob boss Frank Lino served eight years for his role in six killings, two of them linked to Staten Island; while behind bars, he helped prosecutors arrest about two dozen …

Apr 26, 2014 · Frank Lino, 76, served more than eight years in prison after his 2003 arrest but was sentenced to time served in Brooklyn Federal Court as a reward for helping the feds.

Apr 25, 2014 · Frank Lino, now 76, was declared a free man by Judge Nicholas Garaufis after serving eight years in a federal lockup for a string of brutal killings.

Around 1985 Bonanno members Frank Lino and Anthony Spero were promoted to official Captains at a meeting held in Maspeth, Queens. Lino previously served in an acting capacity …

August 2, 2023 -- Former Bonanno mob capo Frank (Curly) Lino has died of natural causes in the Witness Protection Program. He was 84. Jeff Nadu at The Sit Down Podcast broke the news …

Apr 2, 2025 · Frank “Curly” Lino was a former caporegime in the Bonanno crime family who later turned informant. Born in Gravesend, Brooklyn, Lino came from a deeply entrenched mob family.

Apr 29, 2000 · In the last three years, Frank Coppa and Frank Lino, who the authorities say are Bonanno capos, have been indicted in multimillion-dollar stock market swindles; Mr. Lino has …

Oct 28, 2018 · In May 2004, the Bonanno family’s first-ever “made” canary, former capo Frank Lino, became the first witness to describe the murders of the three Bonanno capos.