Scarpa Tests the Limits of Criminal Behavior the FBI Will Tolerate

From Money to Murder – Scarpa Manipulated the FBI as he Betrayed the Mafia

 The following excerpt from chapter 2 of Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil provides some insight into Scarpa’s earliest attempts to determine what criminal behavior by a Top Echelon Criminal Informant might be tolerated by the FBI. I’ve removed the annotations for ease of reading. Enjoy!

“Scarpa’s financial probing was not the only test he had for the FBI in 1962. Less than three months after convincing the FBI to pay him $3...

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