by B. » Sat Oct 24, 2015 3:15 pm
The info about the CI who was killed in the early 1980s seemed kind of shaky to me. If it is true, though, Spirito is a good candidate. Remember he was trying hard to get out of those murder contracts he was given, which is what informants are supposed to do. He also spent a lot of his time complaining about the administration, so not like he had much loyalty. It seems more likely to me though that it was one of the murdered associates who had been informing. I wouldn't be surprised if the Riccobene crew was full of snitches.
One thing I wish we knew more about is when Chucky Merlino gave the original contract to kill Harry Riccobene he said it was because he was an FBI informant. In Blood&Honor it makes this out to be some phony premise to eliminate Riccobene (i.e. Amuso and Casso style), but now that we pretty much know him to have been an informant we have to wonder if Scarfo had somehow found out. Also not clear if Riccobene continued to inform after he got out of prison.
One of the other possible informants from the 1960s would be Peter Maggio or someone close to him. There is a lot of info on Bruno's personal family, involvement with the cheese company, and other stuff that connects to Peter Maggio. Seems that either Maggio was running his mouth to an informant or was the informant himself.
The info about the CI who was killed in the early 1980s seemed kind of shaky to me. If it is true, though, Spirito is a good candidate. Remember he was trying hard to get out of those murder contracts he was given, which is what informants are supposed to do. He also spent a lot of his time complaining about the administration, so not like he had much loyalty. It seems more likely to me though that it was one of the murdered associates who had been informing. I wouldn't be surprised if the Riccobene crew was full of snitches.
One thing I wish we knew more about is when Chucky Merlino gave the original contract to kill Harry Riccobene he said it was because he was an FBI informant. In Blood&Honor it makes this out to be some phony premise to eliminate Riccobene (i.e. Amuso and Casso style), but now that we pretty much know him to have been an informant we have to wonder if Scarfo had somehow found out. Also not clear if Riccobene continued to inform after he got out of prison.
One of the other possible informants from the 1960s would be Peter Maggio or someone close to him. There is a lot of info on Bruno's personal family, involvement with the cheese company, and other stuff that connects to Peter Maggio. Seems that either Maggio was running his mouth to an informant or was the informant himself.