Leonard Capaldi person
also: Capaldi, Lenny
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Claims (5)
James C. Day Jr. partner_with
Leonard Capaldi host_asserted
“Jr. Smith was the son of the state's leading water district attorney who had helped Michener set up his utility districts on the properties that he was developing. Smith Jr. was indicted in 1978 for fraud at Surety Savings, along with the f…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 7 @ 18:34
Leonard Capaldi member_of
Detroit Mafia documented
“After the investigative reporters had nailed down Renda's and Shimmer's connection to the mafia, we started looking for other mob ties to mainland savings. The next one we found was Leonard Capaldi, C-A-P-A-L-D-I. He's from Detroit, but he …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA&Bush Part 5 @ 29:06
Leonard Capaldi laundered_money_for
Detroit Mafia documented
“Capaldi is alleged by law enforcement sources to be a major representative of Houston interest between mob families. He had investments in Houston in the construction business, restaurants, and real estate development. In other words, he wa…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA&Bush Part 5 @ 31:09
Leonard Capaldi headed
McComb Contracting Corporation documented
“is a Detroit construction company owned by Capaldi's father. He built one of the runways at Houston International Airport in the 70s. After his father died, Capaldi moved the company from Michigan to Houston and changed his name to McComb C…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA&Bush Part 5 @ 31:42
Sunbelt Properties member_of
Leonard Capaldi documented
“In July of 1983, one of Capaldi's Houston real estate development companies, Sunbelt Properties, purchased 491 acres south of Houston from a pandemonium corporation. The name of that corporation was Corporation Financiere Europa America. Th…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA&Bush Part 5 @ 34:15
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▶ 29:06
After the investigative reporters had nailed down Renda's and Shimmer's connection to the mafia, we started looking for other mob ties to mainland savings. The next one we found was Leonard Capaldi, C-A-P-A-L-D-I. He's from Detroit, but he …
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T-O-C-C-O, whose brother Jack is the boss of the Detroit Mafia, according to the Justice Department. A private investigator close to the FBI, along with a former prosecutor in the Justice Department's Organized Crime Task Force, an FBI agen…
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The Organized Crime Task Force in Houston had a thick file on Capaldi. One of the authorities said that, this is a quote, Lenny is as close as you can get without being blood to the mafia. In 1988, several years before he died of a heart at…
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that Capaldi and Tony Kako were good friends, traveling companions. Capaldi, who had never been convicted of a crime, had a reputation as being suave, jet-setter, traveling frequently between Florida, Las Vegas, and Europe. The document fil…
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Capaldi is alleged by law enforcement sources to be a major representative of Houston interest between mob families. He had investments in Houston in the construction business, restaurants, and real estate development. In other words, he wa…
▶ 31:42
is a Detroit construction company owned by Capaldi's father. He built one of the runways at Houston International Airport in the 70s. After his father died, Capaldi moved the company from Michigan to Houston and changed his name to McComb C…
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leaving 19 government construction and paving jobs totaling $99 million unfinished. McComb's bonding company, which had to take over those jobs, paid $35 million to finish the work. These jobs included contracts with the federal government,…
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courts in Houston was filed against Capaldi and his companies. Most of these suits allege unpaid debts and many of them had monetary judgments recorded. Court documents showed Capaldi rarely appeared for any of the scheduled depositions. On…
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have found it difficult to even locate him. One stated that he was unable to serve him with legal papers because he had armed guards at his residence. Capaldi leased a house from an oil heiress by the name of Camilia Blaffer, B-L-A-F-F-E-R,…
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the ex-wife of a noted Houston developer, Kenneth Switzner, and then defaulted on that home loan. Switzner, who has allegedly associated with New Orleans mobsters, said he didn't even know him, but that he and his ex-wife lost a million dol…
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In July of 1983, one of Capaldi's Houston real estate development companies, Sunbelt Properties, purchased 491 acres south of Houston from a pandemonium corporation. The name of that corporation was Corporation Financiere Europa America. Th…
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Jr. Smith was the son of the state's leading water district attorney who had helped Michener set up his utility districts on the properties that he was developing. Smith Jr. was indicted in 1978 for fraud at Surety Savings, along with the f…