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Alphonse "Funzi" Tieri was an Italian-American mobster who eventually became the front boss of the Genovese crime family of New York City.Tieri was born on February 22, 1904, in Castel Gandolfo, Lazio, Italy, to Carmela Tofano and Augustino Tieri, and had two sisters, Assunta and Antonietta.He immigrated from Naples to New York City with his family in 1911.Tieri lived in a modest home in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn with his wife and two granddaughters. His mistress, a former opera singer from Italy, lived in a house a few blocks away. Tieri claimed to be an employee of a sportswear manufacturer. In 1972, after the murder of Genovese acting boss Thomas Eboli, Tieri became the boss of the Genovese family. At that time, it was speculated that Gambino crime family boss Carlo Gambino had ordered Eboli's rubout because Eboli owed him $4 million. According to this theory, Gambino wanted Tieri to be the boss of the Genovese family. However, most experts now believe Tieri was merely a front for the Genoveses' actual boss, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo. Luigi Angelo Martino, "the architect" for money laundering for the Genovese family, served directly under him. Tieri was considered a low-profile and diplomatic mobster, a good earner for the family who believed in sharing wealth with his capos and soldiers. He was convicted of armed robbery when he was aged twenty but avoided further indictments until the end of his life. Given that Tieri was a front boss, it is unknown how much power Lombardo allowed him. However, Tieri did have a reputation as an orderly and smart manager who used violence only as a last resort. Tieri was close to Louie LaRocca as Louie was his driver and they invested into a Brooklyn Flea Market together. Later it is told that Funzi got upset once at LaRocca for missing a payment and made an interesting comment to what he would do to him. Funzi also was involved with the Jersey Faction and Philly Crime Family and we know he tricked the faction that took out Philly Boss Angelo Bruno. He ends up getting caught up in a trial in 1980 and is fingered by Jimmy the Weasel Frattiano who was the alledged boss of Los Angeles. Funzi gets convicted in January of 1981 and passes away in March of 1981.