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'''Frank Michael Patti, Sr.''' (b. [[1930]]) is the owner of [[Joe Patti Seafood Company]], which his father [[Joe Patti|Joe]] started in [[1933]], Frank started [[Patti Shipbuilding]] in 1977. He took over Joe Patti's Seafood Company after his father's death in [[1992]] and oversaw the seafood company's growth from $2.2 million in annual sales to about $14.1 million in [[2000]].
Although census figures show that Pensacola has an African-American population of over 30%, on March 31, 2011, the Joe Patti Seafood Company employed only two black employees out of a staff of nearly 120 persons. This constitutes approximately 2% of the staff. This figure is a typical ration ratio of black to white employees working for Frank Patti.
On [[February 21]], [[2001]], Patti was indicted on 12 tax fraud charges alleging nearly $12 million in unreported income between 1993 and 1998. Twelve additional charges were later added against him. He initially pleaded not guilty and, on [[May 25]], crashed his pickup truck into the [[Frisco 1355]] engine on [[Garden Street]], afterwards claiming to have amnesia. He was sent to a federal medical facility for evaluation and was deemed competent for trial. On [[April 12]], [[2002]], he pleaded guilty to two of the initial counts and was sentenced to 79 months' prison and ordered to repay nearly $5 million in back taxes and fines. His fiancée [[Alice Guy]], who also pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges, was given probation and a $50,000 fine.
