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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


  credit card incident, 73, 152–61, 200, 434

  Croswell, Edgar D., 8

  Crupi, Peter, 141, 206, 207–8

  Curcio, Eric, 298

  Curtis, Charlotte, 42

  Cutolo, William “Wild Bill”

  attack on Scarpa, 376

  murder of/murder attempts, 243, 247, 247–49, 251, 257–62, 267–70, 275–78, 310, 524

  Scarpa information to FBI about, 277–78, 350

  Simone and, 282, 382–83

  trial of, 141, 305, 379–80

  Dades, Tommy

  DeVecchio murder trial, 122–23, 179, 186–88, 447–48, 450, 456, 461, 470, 475

  Friends of the Family, 184, 187

  resignation, 471

  Dahmer, Vernon F., 31–35, 40

  Daily News (New York), Scarpa interviewed by, 198–99, 201, 204. See also Capeci, Jerry; Robbins, Tom

  Dajani, Isa, 110, 533

  Dajani, Lili, xiv, 109–12, 110, 130

  Daly, Michael, 490

  D’Ambrosio, Alphonse “Funzi,” 282

  Damiano, Gerard, 134

  Dannen, Fredric, 28–30, 32, 51, 320–21, 325–26, 380, 401, 445

  D’Arco, Alphonse “Little Al,” 231, 232, 233–35, 256, 340, 396

  Day of Terror plot, 176, 422–23, 430, 507, 513–14

  Deadly Alliance (Ranalli), 7, 11

  DeCicco, Frank, 182–83, 183, 184

  DeCostanza, Alfonso “Chips,” 381, 384

  DeDomenico, Joseph “Joe Brewster”

  Bari murder, 120–25

  Bypass crew, 131

  death of, 125, 161, 162–73, 177, 179–80, 206, 245

  DeVecchio murder trial, 242, 441, 469, 484–89, 504

  Hydell murder, 187–88

  Scarpa association with, 56, 107–8, 111–12, 114–16

  Deep Throat, xviii, 132–38, 134

  Delahunt, William, 437–40

  Del Masto, Jimmy

  indictment, 311–13, 317–18, 346, 370

  Scarpa’s affidavit on, 373

  “third war” crimes of, 269, 270–72, 283, 294–95, 306–10

  DeLoach, Cartha, 38–39

  DeMartino, Vincent “Chickie,” 251, 263, 266, 280, 282, 376

  DeMatteo, Michael, 310

  Dennish, Bobby, 163–64

  De Pietro, Collif, 139

  De Ross, John “Jackie Zambooka,” 46

  DeSalvo, Robert J., 134

  De Seglio, Rocco, 42

  DeVecchio, Roy Lindley “Lin,” 89, 313, 442, 467, 484, 533. See also We’re Going to Win This Thing (DeVecchio, Brandt)

  author’s attempts to interview, 125, 527

  Bari murder, 121–25

  biographical information, 93

  Casso confession, 397–402

  C-10 (Colombo) squad of, 137, 263

  credit card incident and, 154–61, 200

  FBI agents’ suspicion about, 274, 304–16, 317–18, 323–29, 334, 335–36, 358–69

  German Lugar case, 97–101, 175–76

  Giuliani and, 175–76

  immunity granted to, 403–6, 432–34, 445, 449

  “Kitchen 302,” 275, 473

  knowledge of Scarpa’s crimes, 105–17, 166–68, 170, 404–5

  murder trial of, xviii–xix, 35, 90, 186, 441–45, 446–57, 467–81, 482–97, 550–53

  OPR investigation, xviii, 358–69, 379, 386–88, 387, 389, 403–15, 419–20, 442, 471, 473, 475–76, 490

  Scarpa “reopenings” by, 46, 89–91, 92–94, 292–303, 406, 499–501

  Simone and, 381, 382, 386–88, 389

  60 Minutes on, 96, 112

  “smoking gun” memo, 368–69

  as “the Girlfriend,” 263, 312, 358–60, 366, 407, 547

  Diamond, Lou, 51

  Diapoulas, Peter, 53, 58

  DiBiase, Annette, 185

  DiBiase, Carmine, 54

  Dietl, Bo, 441

  DiLeonardi, Robert “Bucky,” 165

  Dillard, W. O. Chet, 29–30, 31–32

  Dime Savings Bank heist, 164–66, 197, 503

  Di Ross, Jackie, 109

  Discovery Channel, 115

  D’Onofrio, Robert, 258

  Donovan, Kevin P., 322, 407

  Doran, William, 367–69, 432–33

  Downey, Noel, 441, 447, 457, 459, 461

  Dresch, Stephen, 285, 288

  Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), xvii, 142, 143, 144–45, 193–200, 194, 206

  Drury, Bob, 97

  Dubin, Robert, 75

  Duffy, Kevin, 422, 427, 507

  Duggan, Kay, 270, 274

  Dunleavy, Steve, 467–68

  Edwards, Flora

  DeVecchio murder trial, 454, 460, 462, 471, 483

  Grancio and, 285, 286

  Lampasi and, 305

  Mafia Cops case, 401

  Newman and, 343

  OPR investigation, 364, 405, 407–8, 414–15

  Orena’s trial, 218, 250, 334, 336–37, 433, 435

  Scarpa-DeVecchio relationship, 57, 74, 167, 239, 269, 315

  Sciortino and, 301

  Eppolito, Louis, 180, 182–83, 185–88, 397, 400–402, 454–57, 455

  Esposito, Richard, 194

  Essary, Sina, 53

  Fanning, Joseph, 300

  Farace, Costabile “Gus,” 107–8, 192

  bank robberies and, 165

  death of, xvii, 201–8, 202

  Hatcher murder, 193–200, 194

  Farace, Dominick, 195, 197

  Farace, Frank, 197, 201, 203, 254

  Farrow, Mia, 42, 42

  Favo, Chris

  attack on Scarpa and, 372

  Carmine Sessa’s arrest, 346

  Casso confession, 398

  civil charges against, 475

  DeVecchio murder trial, 441, 445, 471, 474–76

  Grancio murder, 281–90

  OPR investigation, 263, 405, 411, 475–76

  Scarpa indictment, 321–26

  Simone and, 382, 383, 384, 386–88, 391, 392

  suspicion about Scarpa-DeVecchio relationship, 137, 274–75, 292, 295–96, 302–3, 308–16, 317–18, 334, 335, 358–69

  FBI. See also DeVecchio, Roy Lindley “Lin”; Favo, Chris; Hoover, J. Edgar; Villano, Anthony

  agent-informant guidelines, 105–17

  “agent provocateur,” 45

  airtel memos, defined, xvi

  airtel memos, disclosed, xx, 11, 16–18, 528

  airtel memos, duration, 46

  airtel memos, examples, 536–46

  “biggest Mafia bust” (January 20, 2011), 522–23

  “black bag jobs,” xvii–xviii

  COINTELPRO, 524–26

  C-10 squad, 137, 263

  ECLIPSE STAR and STARQUEST, 151

  electronic surveillance (ELSUR), 9–10, 36–37

  Mafia Commission case, xvii, 212, 470

  Manual of Investigative and Operational Guidelines (MIOG), 105

  Miami kidnapping scam, 65–66

  MIPORN, 134–35

  MISSBURN, 28–30, 33–35, 526

  Organized Crime Investigation Division (OCID) Task Force, 279, 281

  payments to Scarpa, xvii, 36–40, 45–46, 60, 63–64, 151–52, 152

  Scarpa as “a special” to, 31

  Scarpa code designation NY 3461-C-TE by, xvi

  Scarpa “opening,” “closings” and “reopenings,” 14–18, 46, 89–91, 92–94, 292–303, 406, 499–501

  special agents in charge (SAC), 8

  Special Operations Group (SOG), 175

  “302,” defined, 206

  “Top Echelon,” 10–11, 45

  “Top Hoodlum Program,” 8–9

  “209” files, defined, xvi

  Fedarcyk, Janice, 522

  Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), 6, 7

  Feeney, Harry, 22

  Feldman, Mark, 186

  Fermino, Jennifer, 123

  Ferrell, Monique, 447, 449, 462, 468

  Feuer, Alan, 98–100, 444

  Figueroa, Joseph, 107, 165
, 166

  Fiorello, Carmella, 53, 54

  Fiorenza, Larry, 267, 305–7

  Fisher, David, 456

  Fitzgerald, John, 41

  Fitzgerald, Patrick, 425, 426–30, 507, 518, 520, 527

  Five Families (Raab), 12, 219, 277

  Flax, Michael, 99

  Flemmi, Stephen “the Rifleman,” 439–40, 440

  Florentine Furniture Corporation, 78

  Forrest, Connie, xiv, 109–10, 128, 197

  Fox, 143

  Fox, James, 226, 344

  Franzese, Michael, 216

  Frascogna, Stacey, 447

  Freddy (Scarpa’s grandson), 262

  Freedman, Monroe, 457

  Freeh, Louis, 368–69, 413, 419–20, 425–26

  “French Connection,” 8

  Frezza, Anthony, 119, 120, 125, 166

  Fried, Ginnine, 468

  Friends of Lin DeVecchio Trust, 444–45, 453, 456–57, 468

  Friends of the Family (Vecchione, Dades), 184, 187, 456–57

  Fuentes, Thomas, 362–64, 367, 403–4

  Funari, Christie “Tick,” 182–83

  Fusaro, Vincent, 270–72, 271, 273, 278, 293, 328, 373, 417

  Fusco, Richard, 61

  Futerfas, Alan, 239, 366, 379–80, 402, 409–12

  Gabriel, George, 480–81

  Gage, Nicholas, 47, 54

  Gale, J. H., 62–63

  Gale, James H., 38–39

  Gallo, Albert “Kid Blast,” 14, 21, 22–23

  Gallo, Joseph “Crazy Joe,” 532

  Anastasia and, 21, 22–23

  death of, xvii, 53–54, 58–59, 218

  Joseph Colombo and, 44, 49–51

  at McClellan hearing, 52

  Profaci-Colombo Family role, 14

  Scarpa and, 46

  Gallo, Larry, 14, 21, 22–23, 24, 304

  Gambardello, Joseph A., 412

  Gambino, Carlo, 27, 37, 44, 48

  Gangbusters (Volkman), 12

  “Gang Land.” See Capeci, Jerry

  Garcia, Mike, 422, 425

  Garfield, Bob, 488

  Garucchio, Dorothy, 490

  Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss (Carlo), 163–64, 167, 180, 182, 184, 234–35, 344–45, 394, 395–96, 398, 399

  Gavin, Bill, 364

  Geller, Kenneth, 216

  Geller, Martin, 110

  Genovese, Vito, 3, 13, 140

  German Lugar case, 97–101, 175–76

  Giametta, Joseph, 450

  Giangiobbe, Vincent, 309–10

  Gigante, Vincent “Chin,” 183, 235

  Ginsberg, Alex, 483, 484

  Gioeli, Thomas “Tommy Shots,” 298, 523–24, 524

  Giuliani, Rudolph, 97–101, 174–77, 390, 445

  Glasser, I. Leo, 155, 157, 320, 364–65, 407

  Gleeson, John, 227, 232, 235, 321, 339–40, 342

  Godfather, The (Puzo), 4, 43, 52–53

  Gold, Steven M., 394

  Golden, Elliott, 81, 84, 86

  Gonzales, Alberto, 454

  GoodFellas, 126–27

  Goodman, Andrew, xvii, 28–30, 29, 32–35

  Gordon, Herman “Hy,” 65–66

  Gorelick, Jamie, 426

  Gotti, John, Jr., 256

  Gotti, John, Sr.

  DeVecchio’s information about, 139–40

  Gambino Family role, 182–83, 520

  Giuliani and, 176

  Gravano and, 128

  Hatcher murder, 196

  “Little Vic” Orena’s trial, 231, 232, 233, 340–43

  “third war,” events leading to, 260

  Tuzzio murder, 205

  Gotti and Me: A Crime Reporter’s Close Encounters with the New York Mafia (Krajicek), 198

  Graham, Katharine, 42

  Granato, Kevin, 142, 143, 165, 172, 197, 416–17

  Granato, Mark, 197–98

  Grancio, Maria, 286, 288

  Grancio, Nicholas “Nicky Black”

  Amato murder, 269

  DeVecchio’s OPR statement about, 408–9

  Favo civil charges, 475

  “Little Vic” Orena and, 249, 251, 257, 259

  murder of, xv, 243, 279–90, 284, 322–23, 328, 474

  Grassley, Charles, 443, 453–54

  Gravano, Sammy “the Bull,” 232

  Casso’s confession, 399

  Castellano murder, 183, 184

  early life of, 126

  “Little Vic” Orena’s trial, 231, 232–33, 234, 340

  murder toll of, 128, 164, 182

  Greene, Danny “the Irishman,” 10

  Griffith, Michael, 177

  Grossman, Richard, 55

  Grover, Douglas

  author’s attempts at interviews, 125, 528

  Bloch and, 155

  DeVecchio at Orena hearing, 432

  DeVecchio murder trial, 445, 446, 457–59, 468, 470–71, 472, 476, 480–81

  OPR investigation, 402, 410, 415

  Guarte, Al, 412

  Guido, Nicky (hitman), 184–88

  Guido, Nicky (murder victim), 185

  Gurney, Edward J., 59

  Guzman, Jose, 115–16, 208

  Hamilton, Brad, 115, 129, 131, 283

  Hampton-El, Clement, 510, 510, 514–15

  Harmon, Sandra, 33–35, 479, 496

  HarperCollins, 429–30, 456–57, 460, 527–28

  Harrigan, Dennis, 341

  Harrigan, Michael, 233

  Harrington, Edward F., 439

  Hatcher, Everett, 193–200, 194

  Hayes, Eddie, 391

  Hazmi, Salem al-, 520–21

  Heidel, John Otto, 180, 188

  Henry Hill, 127

  Hewlett Supply, 130

  Higgins, Matthew, 287

  Hill, Ralph, 10

  Hogan, Frank S., 6

  Holder, Eric, 522, 522

  homicide, defined, 241–42

  Hood, Robert, 496

  Hoover, J. Edgar. See also FBI

  airtel memos, disclosed, 11

  airtel memos directed to, xvi, xix–xx, 26, 58

  characterization of, 40–42

  COINTELPRO, 524–25

  death of, 20

  Mafia awareness by, 12–18, 86, 220, 406

  Scarpa as informant to, 28, 35, 38

  “The Inside Story on Organized Crime,” 12

  Valachi’s confession and, 6–11

  Hornstein, Larry, 195

  Hundley, William, 6, 12

  Hurtado, Patricia, 319, 320, 412

  Hydell, Betty, 184

  Hydell, Jimmy, 179, 184–88, 462

  Hynes, Charles

  DeVecchio murder trial, 90, 440, 441, 447, 450, 456, 457, 471, 489

  Howard Beach case, 177

  Mafia Cops case, 186

  on “third war,” 271, 272, 279

  Ianacci, Frank, 263, 376

  Ianiello, Matty “the Horse,” 53

  IBM securities theft, 55, 71–74, 162

  Ida, Joey, 281

  Imbergamo, Michael, 297–98, 371, 524

  Imbriale, Carmine, 114, 295–96, 359–60, 411, 441, 474

  “Inside Story on Organized Crime, The” (Hoover), 12

  Ismoil, Eyad, 417, 427, 429

  Italian-American Civil Rights League (IACRL), 43–44, 48, 59, 63

  J&B hijacking, 75, 197

  Jewish Defense League, 43–44, 511

  Johnson, Jerome, 44, 50, 60

  Johnson, Lyndon, 9–10, 31, 37

  Jolly Boys, 215

  Jones, Thomas L., 13

  Kahane, Rabbi Meir, 43–44, 511, 511–13, 515, 516, 520

  Kallstrom, James, 368, 412–13, 413, 419–20, 425–26, 444

  Kaplan, Burt, 185, 186, 187, 397

  Kartagener, Stephen, 349, 351, 354–57, 371

  Kastigar hearing, in DeVecchio trial, 468, 472, 482, 483

  Kastigar v. U.S., 449

  Katzenbach, Nicholas, 31

  Kefauver, Estes, 6

  Kelleher, William, 154

  Kelley, Clarence M., 72–
73

  Kelly, David, 429

  Kennedy, Robert, 6

  Killen, Edgar Ray, 28–30, 32–33

  King, Tom, 195

  “kites,” 419, 549

  Korman, Edward R., 409, 505

  Koshetz, Rae Downes, 390, 391

  Kossler, James M., 444–45

  Krajicek, David J., 198–99, 201, 204

  Kramer, Jay F., 472, 474, 476

  Kroger, John, 114, 117, 131, 141–42, 145, 408, 413

  Ku Klux Klan, xvii, 28–35, 40

  Kurins, Andy, 458, 459

  LaBush, Gerald, 428

  Lampasi, Lorenzo “Larry Lamps,” 304–10, 328, 408, 441, 460, 469, 484

  Lance, Peter

  Cover Up, 29, 421, 438, 441, 457–61, 506, 528

  DeVecchio murder trial and, 457–61

  interviews conducted by, 125, 528–29

  1000 Years for Revenge, 417, 506–7, 508–10

  Triple Cross, 427, 429, 437, 508, 527–28

  website of, 16

  Langella, Gennaro “Jerry Lang,” 46, 174

  Lansky, Meyer, 133

  LaRossa, James, 308

  Law Enforcement Bulletin, 12

  Lawson, Guy, 395

  Leadbetter, Howard, II

  Scarpa Jr. and, 107, 143, 425

  Scarpa attack, 263

  Scarpati and, 113

  suspicion about Scarpa-DeVecchio relationship, 274, 313–16, 334, 358, 360–69

  Leahy, Patrick, 454

  Leale, Giachino “Jack,” 226–28, 229–31, 261

  Legrano, Joseph “Joe Legs,” 258

  Leto, Frank “Chickie,” 231

  Leval, Pierre, 206

  Levi, Edward, 525

  Levin, Barry, 371

  Levine, Mike, 20, 33, 39, 40, 195, 205

  Libertore, Anthony, 273–74

  Libertore, Christopher, 273

  Liberty, William “Rebel,” 195

  Light, Marty, 35

  Linares, Jacqueline, 468

  LoCicero, Carlo, 79–81

  LoCicero, Charles, Jr. “Ditty,” 79–81, 85, 178

  LoCicero, Charles “Charlie the Sidge,” 15, 21, 23, 25, 67, 75–82, 84–87

  LoCicero, Frank, 77–79, 85–87

  LoCicero, Richard, 79–81, 84–87

  Longobardi, Alfred, 114–15

  Lopez, Jose, 206

  Lopez, Michael, 206

  Love Collision, 130, 131

  Lucchese, Thomas, 27

  Luciano, Salvatore “Lucky,” 7–8, 133

  Luparelli, Joseph, 54

  Maas, Peter, 4–5, 13

  Maffatore, Michael, 226–28, 229–31, 238

  Mafia

  “Board of Directors,” 175

  Cosa Nostra name, 3

  initiation ceremony of, 5–6, 19, 52

  Italian-American Civil Rights League (IACRL), 43–44

  La Cosa Nostra (LCN) name, 9, 12

  “La Piovra,” 83

  Mafia Commission, described, 26–27, 255–56

  Mafia Commission case, xvii, 212, 470

  McClellan hearings, 3–11, 4

  New York’s Five Families, 3, 133

  portrayal of, in media, 43 (See also individual names of films)

 

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