Frank Bompensiro

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Frank "Bomp" Bompensiro (September 29, 1905–February 10, 1977), was a longtime capo in the Los Angeles Mafia, but was demoted to a soldier upon the retirement of Jack Dragna in the 1950s by the new boss, Frank DeSimone.

Bompensiro participated in loansharking, gambling, and was a hitman in San Diego sometimes teaming up with Aladena (Jimmy The Weasel) Fratianno. Bompensiro also had dealings in Las Vegas with Moe Dalitz, Anthony Spilotro and Johnny Roselli. Frank and Anthony Spilotro started a loanshark operation after becoming friends in the early 1970's. In November of 1975 Bompensiro helped Anthony Spilotro locate millionairess San Diego real estate broker and investor Tamara Rand. Allen Glick was being pressured by Tamara Rand to make good on a promise he made to her, following a $2 million loan. Anthony Spilotro attacked Tamara in her home shooting her once in the head, once in the back and three times under the chin, once she collapsed on the floor.

Bompensiro was highly critical of the upper echelon of the Los Angeles Family, and fell out of favor with them. In addition to this, Bompensiro was an informant for the FBI (as was his main partner). However, "Bomp" was an extremely cautious gangster (as are most informants) and proved difficult to kill. The Los Angeles Family promoted him from soldier to consigliere in the family to lower his guard, and he was murdered on February 10, 1977 in a phone booth in San Diego. He was shot at close range with a silenced handgun, a .22 caliber.

As fingered by Los Angeles mob turncoat Aladena "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno in 1978, the killer of Bompensiero was Thomas Riccardi, a New Jersey transplant mobster who got his membership in the Los Angeles crime family for the murder. He was later charged with the crime but died before trial of heart complications. Others were acquitted of the murder at trial, including Los Angeles boss Dominic Brooklier, whose real last name was Bruccoleri.