It was decided that killing Carlo Falcone would be advantageous to both groups and that Vito should be the one to do it. Leo returned from his exile in the hopes of stopping the bloodshed between the Empire Bay Triads and the Mafia families caused by Vito and Joe after the Triads killed Henry Tomasino, who was working as a federal informant. Knowing that Carlo Falcone is after him, Leo decides to leave Empire Bay to retire down south. Due to his close friendship with Leo, Vito Scaletta decides to warn him of the impending hit. However, Falcone decided to make a preemptive move by sending Henry Tomasino to kill Leo to both weaken the Vincis and send a message. They were aware of his involvement in the drug trade, something Frank Vinci was strongly against, and saw it as an opportunity. In July 1951, the Vinci family was planning to make a move on Falcone. He would have preferred bringing Vito into the Vinci family, but because of his relationship with Joe Barbaro, it was decided to place him with the Falcone Crime Family instead. In 1951 he made good on his promise to Vito Scaletta by recommending him when the books were opened to accept new made men. Once Leo was released from prison in 1948, he influenced the parole board to release Vito Scaletta in 1951, taking four years off of his sentence.Īfter his release Leo continued to serve as Consigliere to Frank Vinci. Leo invited Vito to stay in his cell after he killed Brian O'Neill, and the two became close friends. Over time he became a mentor to young Vito, teaching him about boxing and how The Mafia operates, revealing to him that the $5000 "initiation fee" to become a made man in Alberto Clemente's family was an outright lie when the former said he was told that by Luca Gurino. Leo was so impressed with Vito's fighting ability that he accepted him into his circle as a fighter along with his bodyguard, Pepé Costa. It is here that Leo first met Vito Scaletta, after a confrontation between Vito and Brian O'Neill in the prison yard. His cell was a suite, complete with cooking facilities, and he was able to do as he pleases, which included the ability to instruct the guards to do favors for him. Due to his status and connections, Leo continued to live an entitled lifestyle while in prison. He was arrested for bookmaking and fixing fights in 1943 and sentenced to five years in Hartmann Federal Penitentiary. Leo currently resides in a large mansion in Highbrook, Empire Bay. In 1933 he conspired with Carlo Falcone to assassinate Tomaso Moretti, bringing an end to the Vinci-Moretti War and the Moretti crime family. Later Leo ran the city's biggest bookmaking operation for 20 years. He used to fight in bare knuckle matches before becoming a prize-fighter. Leo's passion lies in sports, especially boxing and horse racing. In the early 1920s the pair took control of the Southport docks, which made for easy smuggling of alcohol during Prohibition. Upon their arrival from Sicily in 1908, the pair set up the family with Leo strategizing and Frank provided the muscle. Leo is consigliere to Frank Vinci and the mastermind behind the Vinci Crime Family, the most successful criminal organization in Empire Bay's history.
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