Vincent Charles Teresa (1930 – February 21, 1990) was an American mobster in the Boston branch of the Patriarca crime family who claimed to be a top captain for Raymond Patriarca. Early life Teresa was born in Revere, Massachusetts in 1930. He was the grandson of Sicilian Mafia member Vincenti Teresa, who moved to the United States in 1895 and became a bootlegger during Prohibition. The younger Vincent Teresa's uncle, Dominick "Sandy Mac" Teresa, was a driver for Joseph Lombardo, the underboss of Philippo "Don Pipino" Buccola who arrived from Italy to take the reins of the New England Mafia. While he was still in primary school, Vincent Teresa developed a gambling addiction that led him to plan and execute around one dozen burglaries. He was caught by authorities while robbing a meat market, but did not serve any jail time. Due to several incidents of violence against teachers, Teresa was expelled from school after completing the ninth grade. He subsequently joined the United States Navy, where he worked as a cook. After an altercation with a superior officer, Teresa was court martialed and given a bad conduct discharge in February 1948. Teresa married his childhood sweetheart Blanche Bosselman in 1949. After his discharge from the Navy, he worked several odd jobs, all which he had to leave after stealing from his employers. During this time, he also partnered with a forger to pass forged checks at different New England banks and embarked on a bank robbery spree. Career in the Mafia Using the mob connections of his uncle, Teresa began working for Enrico Tameleo, the underboss of the Patriarca crime family. Teresa earned money by buying up businesses and burning them down for insurance money. He also opened a nightclub on Cape Cod to use as a front for his loan sharking and racketeering operations. In 1963, Teresa was detained by police in connection with a one-million-dollar heist of Ming dynasty jade. He was released due to lack of evidence. During the Irish Mob War, Teresa was once again detained by police, this time on suspicion of murdering Joseph Francione. He later stated that Joseph Barboza committed the murder. In the mid-1960s, Teresa moved on to two new criminal enterprises. The first was the outwardly legitimate business of gambling junkets. Teresa arranged for large groups of wealthy gamblers to be flown to Las Vegas, Europe and the Caribbean where