February 16, 1962 - Michael Magnafichi
A second-generation figure in the Chicago Outfit, Magnafichi's significance lies less in any singular act than in his embeddedness within one of America's most durable organized crime organizations. His identification in a 2002 FBI memorandum as a principal threat to protected witness Nick Calabrese — a key cooperator in the Operation Family Secrets prosecution — placed him at the intersection of the Outfit's decades-long effort to shield itself from federal accountability. The Family Secrets trial ultimately resulted in convictions for multiple unsolved murders spanning back to the 1960s and 1970s.
From Wikipedia
Michael Magnafichi is a member of the Chicago Outfit, an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Lee Magnafichi, who also was a member of the Outfit, supposedly working under John "Jackie The Lackey" Cerone. Michael would later become Jackie Cerone's personal driver.
In a declassified 2002 FBI memorandum, Magnafichi was identified as one of the principal threats to the safety of mob turncoat Nick Calabrese, a cooperating witness in the Operation Family Secrets trial.
Some sources claim that Michael, along with Rudy Fratto, was or still is an Elmwood Park street boss under Peter DiFronzo, brother of Outfit leader John DiFronzo. However, an in-depth interview of Michael Magnafichi by Outfit historian Joseph Fosco in 2011 suggested that Michael had not been actively involved with the Outfit for years.
In 2013, Michael, who spent years running book for the Chicago Outfit, began producing a sports podcast.
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