Frank Calabrese Sr.’s $500, $1000 Bills in Mob Money on Auction Block

Updated: Monday, 22 Aug 2011, 2:09 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 22 Aug 2011, 2:09 PM CDT
FOX Chicago News

Chicago - Now you can get your hands on some mob money. The federal government is selling a rare collection of $500 and $1,000 bills found in a secret compartment in the basement of mob killer Frank Calabrese Sr.

The profit made off the auction will go to the families of the 13 victims he killed for the mob.

Calabrese Sr.'s former attorney Joe Lopez joined us with more.

Lopez said he did not know where Calabrese Sr. got the $500 and $1,000 dollar denominations, which are rare because the government quit making them decades ago.

It’s even possible Calbrese Sr. forgot about the money, Lopez said.

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