Joe “The Saint” Criscuoli and Ari “Franco” Francisco are both scheduled to make rare public appearances with the Full-Blooded Italians (FBI) on Friday, January 24, at Washington DC’s Hard Rock Café. Joey The Saint is the charismatic lead attorney for the Full-Blooded Italians,and he plans to make a brief announcement before The FBI takes the stage. Mr. Criscuoli also represents the Full-Blooded Italian in the ongoing Enzo DeGregorio case.

[For those who don’t know, Mr. DeGregorio, a venture capitalist who leverages funding for "nitch" corporations, is under investigation for dubious accounting practices. Known as a hard man to pin down, DeGregorio's companies are frequently short-lived (like many of his business associates). In fact, it is widely speculated that his next audacious plan is to build the first legal gambling casino in orbit around the Earth complete with shuttle service. DeGregorio recently commented in a trade journal article “Space is the future of advertising and space travel will be the cruise vacation of the future.”

Law enforcement sources suspect that The Full-Blooded Italians are somehow connected to Mr. DeGregorio's questionable operations. However, as Joey The Saint often points out, “The Feds are good at making a lot of noise, but they aint got nuthin’ on these boys.”

Not to worry, though. Rumor has it that should the FBI be compelled to testify in the DeGregorio case, Joey The Saint has more than one New York judge in his pocket.

Also appearing with the FBI at the Hard Rock Café is Ari “Franco” Francisco. Not much is know about the secretive Franco other than his penchant for silver crucifixes and his reputation as a “killer” guitar player. The Full-Blooded Italians refer to him as one of their "Most Wanted," a term they use to describe musicians that they prefer to have sit in with them.

The Full-Blooded Italians have been in custody since August 2001 on unrelated charges separate from the DeGregorio situation.

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