In 1968 Roberto Calvi joined partnership with Michele Sindona; Calvi had introduced Sindona to Paul Marcinkus. Sindona one of the most influential financial figures in Ital, later on in 1968 huge amounts of money from Sindona to Vatican bank then later on went to Switzerland. Sindona was affiliated with the mafia but had later been convicted for murder on Giorgi Ambrosoli; later on Sindona died in prison. Sindona had pretended to be kidnapped for an 11 week stretch which later on turned into him surrendering to the FBI after becoming ‘free’ from the kidnappers. The italian government applied for deportation for Sindona to be convicted of Murder in Italy. He was sentenced to 25 years in Italian prison where he was murdered by poison in his coffee.