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Deal With the Devil: The FBI's Secret Thirty-Year Relationship With a Mafia Killer

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by Peter Lance


  Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, 453

  Solomon, John, 437

  Somma, Dominick “Big Donny,” 106–9, 113, 162–63, 164, 204, 206, 503

  Son, Hugh, 456–57

  Sparaco, Frank “Frankie Blue Eyes,” 136, 298, 311

  Spataro, Michael, 280

  Speranza, Matteo, 273–74, 276, 278

  Speranza, Umberto, 274

  Spero, Anthony, 202, 203

  Sphinx Trading, 520–21

  Spitaleri, James “Jimmy O’Toole,” 251

  Stamboulidis, George, 227, 277, 315, 320, 321–26, 335–36, 340, 342, 399, 414–15

  Stancell, Jack, 233

  Sterling, Claire, 8, 83

  Stone, Dave, 392

  Stutman, Robert M., 194–96, 198, 200, 201, 202–3

  Sullivan, John, 176

  Sullivan, William C., 62–63

  Tabman, Michael, 146–47

  Teamsters, 10

  Terra, George, 295, 441, 459, 461

  “third war”

  attack on Scarpa, 262–64, 370, 375–78

  events leading to, 211–20, 230, 242–53, 253–62, 501–2

  murder toll, 265–78, 353–54 (See also Amato, Gaetano “Tommy Scars”; Fusaro, Vincent; Giangiobbe, Vincent; Grancio, Nicholas “Nicky Black”; Lampasi, Lorenzo “Larry Lamps”; Leale, Giachino “Jack”; Nastasi, Rosario “Black Sam”; Ocera, Tommy; Smurra, Hank; Speranza, Matteo)

  Scarpa, Jr. on FBI role, 501–2

  trial outcomes, 333, 412

  Thompson Hine, 458, 459, 461. See also Grover, Douglas

  Time, 44, 44, 175

  Tolino, Joey, 282, 284–85, 286

  Tomasello, Joseph “Joe T,” 218, 268, 305

  Tomlinson, Jeffrey W.

  Carmine Sessa’s arrest and, 347

  DeVecchio murder trial, 472–74

  suspicion about Scarpa-DeVecchio relationship, 107, 113, 263, 274–75, 313–16, 358–69

  Triple Cross (Lance), 427, 429, 437, 508, 527–28

  Tropiano, Ralph “Whitey,” 76–77

  Tully Robert S., 472, 476

  Tuzzio, Louis, 202, 205

  Tyler, Harold, 99–100

  Umberto’s Clam House (New York City), 53–54, 54

  Unger, Sanford J., 6

  United States v. Michael Sessa, 334–37

  United States v. Stancell, 341

  Unity Day, 43, 44, 48

  UPI, 12

  U.S. Attorneys Office (AUSA). See individual attorneys’ names

  U.S. Department of Justice

  DeVecchio and, 97–101, 105, 452–54, 472, 476, 492–93

  Eastern District of New York, 55

  IBM securities theft and, 71–74

  Scarpa and, 59, 66

  U.S. Secret Service, 151–61, 200

  Valachi, Joseph Michael “Joe Cargo,” xvi, 3–11, 4, 12, 13, 19, 82, 133

  Valachi Papers, The (Maas), 4–5, 13

  Valiquette, Joe, 346

  Variale, Albie, 206

  Vecchione, Michael, 483

  DeVecchio trial, 179, 447–48, 456–57, 456–58, 461–63, 462, 468, 469, 475–81

  Friends of the Family, 184, 187

  Mafia Cops case, 186–88

  Schiro credibility, 481, 482–89

  on Shalabi murder, 517

  Venezia, Todd, 123

  Victory Memorial Hospital, 189–90, 203, 318–20

  Village Voice, 34–35, 136, 479, 482

  Villano, Anthony

  appointed Scarpa’s contacting agent, 39–40

  Brick Agent, 9, 33, 39, 63–64, 64, 65, 95, 112–13

  Colombo and, 48

  Dennish murder, 163

  insurance company kickbacks and, xvii

  LoCicero family and, 85

  Miami kidnapping scam and, 65–66

  Olympic Airways robberies and, 60–63

  Scarpa Jr. “straightening out” ceremony, 499

  Scarpa’s information on Persico to, 218

  Vogel, Dan, 38, 40, 64, 146, 156–57, 293–94, 369

  Volkman, Ernest, 12

  Wali Khan Amin Shah, 419

  Walker-Goldman, Maryann, 312, 359

  Walsh, Lawrence, 449

  Webster, William, 135, 152, 153

  Weinstein, Jack B., 333

  DeVecchio, 302–3, 405

  “Little Vic” Orena’s trial, 337–43, 357

  Mafia Cops case, 457

  Mazza and, 286

  Michael Sessa, 322, 340, 357

  Orena, new trial sought by, 213, 431–34, 435–36

  Orena conviction, 227

  Persico and, 119

  Scarpa Jr. and, 237–39

  Scarpa Sr. and, 320, 348–49, 354–57, 365

  Weiss, Murray, 268, 444

  Weissman, Andrew, 227, 256, 277, 320, 414–15

  Welch, R. Patrick, 181

  We’re Going to Win This Thing (DeVecchio, Brandt)

  Bari murder, 123–25

  Casso and, 352

  Colombo “third war” events, 359–60

  FBI colleagues, 170, 274–75

  “framing” of DeVecchio, 299

  Leale and, 230

  Scarpa’s role in Mafia, 17, 89–90, 168, 242, 318

  Sessa and, 243

  title of book, 460

  Villano and, 95

  Whalen, James, 69, 72, 105, 155, 453, 490

  Williams, Edward Bennett, 9

  Williamson, Kevin, 447

  Wimpy Boys club, xvii, 106–7, 107, 114–15, 130, 142, 145, 147–50, 148, 158, 181

  Winchell, Walter, 40–41

  Winter Hill Gang, 11, 439–40

  Wiseguy (Pileggi), 126–27

  WNBC, 441, 456

  Yablonsky, Joseph, 65

  Yacovelli, Joseph, 51, 54

  Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed,417

  Day of Terror plot, 508–10, 513

  Scarpa Jr. sting, 417–30, 434–35, 504–5, 506–8, 513, 516, 528, 548, 549

  Zambardi, Robert “Bobby Zam”

  bank robberies, 107–8, 162, 165, 166, 167–68

  Bari murder, 120–25, 124

  indictment, 370

  Longabardi murder, 116

  Orena and, 217, 265–67

  Scarpa Jr. indictment, 416–17

  Sessa and, 243, 252, 253–54

  Somma murder, 113

  Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 510, 520

  Zuraw, Louis, 135–38

  Zuraw, Veronica, 135–38, 149–50, 297

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  (Ron Finley)

  PETER LANCE is the author of three previous works of investigative journalism, 1000 Years for Revenge, Cover Up, and Triple Cross. A former correspondent for ABC News, he covered hundreds of stories worldwide for 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight. Among his awards are the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Prize and the Sevellon Brown Award from the Associated Press. In 2010 he was appointed Research Scholar at the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies. He lives in California.

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  ALSO BY PETER LANCE

  NONFICTION

  Triple Cross

  Cover Up

  1000 Years for Revenge

  The Stingray

  FICTION

  Stranger 456

  First Degree Burn

  CREDITS

  Cover design by Tom Lau

  Cover photographs courtesy of the Kings County

  District Attorney’s Office

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  * See Appendix C.

  * See Chapter 8.

  * See Appendix C for Scarpa’s arrests and the disposition of the cases.

  † See Appendix D.

  * This incident was depicted in the film The Godfather: Part II, with the character of Frank Pentangeli representing Larry Gallo.

  * Henceforth all redactions in the airtels and 209s will be marked in black: .

  * “NYCPD” was the FBI’s designation for the NYPD in its communiqués.

  * American-Italian Anti-Defamation (Council).

  * While the official name of Onassis’s airline was Olympic Airways, this FBI memo authorizing payment to Scarpa Sr. mistakenly described it as Olympic Airlines.

  * A detailed list of his arrests and their dispositions can be found in Appendix C.

  * Known today as the Helmsley Building.

  * Grover’s partner’s name is spelled Bloch; the error appears in We’re Going to Win This Thing.

  * Two months earlier Persico was sentenced to an additional thirty-nine years in a separate prosecution.

  * See Chapter 15.

  * Emphasis added.

  * Earlier, Scarpa had expressed concern about bugs planted by the Brooklyn DA at the Wimpy Boys club, but he didn’t seem worried about listening devices installed by the Feds.

  † Another code name was “Del.” Gregory Jr. said that his father sometimes referred to DeVecchio simply as “D.”

  * Equal to 75 percent of his salary at the time of retirement.

  * Not to be confused with the PBS talk show host and CBS News coanchor of the same name.

  * Emphasis added.

  * New evidence corroborating that conclusion is contained in the Afterword.

  * A number of the FBI 302s documenting Scarpa’s sting of Yousef can be downloaded from http://www.peterlance.com/PLfbi.htm.

  * The full affirmation can be downloaded from http://www.peterlance.com/Fitzgerald_Affirmation_6.25.99.pdf.

  * All of which can be downloaded, along with HarperCollins’s response, from http://www.peterlance.com/Fitzgerald_Libel_Claim_Letters_HCP_Response.pdf.

  * It can be downloaded in its entirety from http://www.peterlance.com/Chris_Mattiace_email_SOF SAF BI_3_1_07.pdf.

  * The memorandum of law supporting the motion can be accessed via my website at http://www.peterlance.com/Memo_of_Law_Re_PL’s_%20Motion_to_Quash_%20Subpoenas.pdf, and my own sworn affidavit can be found at http://www.peterlance.com/Affidavit_of_PL_Re_%20Motion_to_Quash_%20Subpoenas.pdf.

  * Emphasis added.

  * http://www.peterlance.com/wordpress/?p=629.

  * http://www.peterlance.com/wordpress/?p=106.

  * See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-lance/al-qaeda-and-the-mob-how-b_34336.html.

  * I note that my discussion here is limited to facts (or purported facts) I know to have appeared in the public record or to be discussed in Triple Cross.

  † I also note that there were recent published accounts—which I do not know either to be true or false—that Scarpa was expected to testify at the recently concluded criminal trial of former FBI supervisor Lin DeVecchio that Scarpa in fact committed various murders for which he had previously been charged and which he denied under oath in prior testimony. If that were so, that would be additional reason not to believe Scarpa’s account. However, the DeVecchio case was dismissed during trial without Scarpa testifying.

 

 

 


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