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He worked on his father"s vegetable farm in Seattle.
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Frank Colacurcio
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He gained notoriety as a subject of ongoing federal investigations into organized crime in the city and was suspected of being an organized crime boss. Born to immigrant parents from Southern Italy, Colacurcio was the oldest of nine children. Colacurcio dropped out of school before completing the eighth grade and started a produce-hauling business.
Colacurcio later worked as a butcher, farm hand, truck driver, and pulp mill worker
By age 18, he had opened his first trucking company. In 1943, Colacurcio was convicted for having sex with an underage girl.
He served more than a year at the Monroe State Reformatory (now known as the Washington State Reformatory). In the 1950s, Colacurcio entered the jukebox, cigarette, and vending machine businesses.
Business rivals claimed that he used threats to control the trade.
With money earned from these businesses, Colacurcio started investing in bars, restaurants and clubs. To avoid trouble obtaining liquor licenses, Colacurcio had relatives and associates front as the business owners. In 1957, he was subpoenaed to testify before the United States. Senate Rackets Committee.
Although Colacurcio never testified, Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy did question him about his alleged racketeering activities in Seattle.
In the 1960s, Colacurcio acquired more interests in restaurants and nightclubs. In 1962, he opened a beer garden at the Seattle World"s Fair.
In 2005, both Frank Senior and Frank Junior. were indicted, but in February 2006 the judge dismissed the charges. Rosellini was not charged in the investigation.
In March 2006, the Federal Bureau of Investigation started a multi-agency task force to investigate alleged organized crime, racketeering, and cold case murders tied to Frank Senior
In April 2006, the Supreme Court of Washington reinstated money laundering and political corruption charges from Strippergate charges against Frank Senior and Frank Junior.
On June 2, 2008, local police and federal agents raided Frank Senior"s home in Lake Forest Park, Washington, the Talents West offices, and multiple strip clubs in three counties. On June 30, 2009, Frank Senior, Frank Junior., and four associates were indicted by a federal grand jury on racketeering and other charges stemming from years-long investigations into allegations of prostitution and money laundering. On July 2, 2010, Colacurcio died at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.
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In 2003, law enforcement launched a criminal investigation in the Seattle area known as "Strippergate" The investigation focused on Frank Senior, Frank Junior., and former Washington Governor Rosellini for bribing members of the Seattle City Council.
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