Mobster Told F.B.I. Franco Gave Him Tickets

A member of the Bonanno crime family told federal investigators in an interview last year that John Franco, the Mets' pitcher, gave free tickets to a Mets' game in Montreal to him and other crime family members in the early 1990's, according to a record of the interview, conducted by the F.B.I. Frank Lino, the Bonanno family member, who helped federal prosecutors convict top members of the family, said that he and other members went to the game during a trip to meet with the Canadian branch of the crime family. According to the record, Lino told investigators that he and the others went out with players on the Mets after the game.