Ignazio Saietta

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Ignazio Saietta, a.k.a "Ignazio Lupo" and “Lupo The Wolf” (March 19, 1877 - January 13, 1947) was a Black Hand extortionist and murderer.

He was born in Corleone, Sicily. He fled to the United States in 1889 after killing a man.

He was arrested and found guilty in 1910 for operating a large scale counterfeiting ring. Saietta was granted parole in 1920 but 16 years later during the Roosevelt administration, Saietta was sent to the Atlanta federal prison for racketeering.

He died in 1947 in Brooklyn after serving a short sentence.

[edit] Trivia

Ignazio is thought to be the inspiration of the Harvey Keitel character "Mr. Wolf" in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. There is also a character called "Ignaz the Wolf" in Damon Runyon's short story Too Much Pep.