Jimmy Fratianno was likely SF 2501. You can see here that he was talking with the FBI (in a manner of speaking) as early as 1970 (and perhaps even earlier, the FBI document is a little imprecise on the start date.)
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... =fratianno
I reread Fratianno's two books to see what he said about first cooperating and he claimed he only began to talking after he was released from prison in 1973. That may have been when his relationship with the FBI became meaningful but he was certainly sharing Intel a few years earlier. This FBI document show Fratianno already taking out an insurance policy with the FBI years before he claimed in his books. He had a foot in both camps by 1970 at the latest.
The FBI described Fratianno as offering “excellent potential” as an informant which turned out to be the understatement of the century.
The FBI documents on MF don’t contain much information from Fratianno but here’s what he told the FBI about the Johnny Roselli hit.
Fratianno said “it came out of Chicago”. He said only the “contract man” and the man assigned the hit are in on it. Fratianno said that Roselli had been meeting with Santo Traficante in the weeks leading up to the hit so he could be involved. Fratianno said whoever Roselli was playing golf with the day he died was likely was involved in setting up the hit.
Interestingly, at the time Fratianno fed this information to the FBI in 1976, he was suspended as informant because of his involvement in a pending RICO investigation. The FBI could only speak with Fratianno if he initiated the call.
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... 3&tab=pageJimmy Fratianno was likely SF 2501. You can see here that he was talking with the FBI (in a manner of speaking) as early as 1970 (and perhaps even earlier, the FBI document is a little imprecise on the start date.)
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=148565&relPageId=360&search=fratianno
I reread Fratianno's two books to see what he said about first cooperating and he claimed he only began to talking after he was released from prison in 1973. That may have been when his relationship with the FBI became meaningful but he was certainly sharing Intel a few years earlier. This FBI document show Fratianno already taking out an insurance policy with the FBI years before he claimed in his books. He had a foot in both camps by 1970 at the latest.
The FBI described Fratianno as offering “excellent potential” as an informant which turned out to be the understatement of the century.
The FBI documents on MF don’t contain much information from Fratianno but here’s what he told the FBI about the Johnny Roselli hit.
Fratianno said “it came out of Chicago”. He said only the “contract man” and the man assigned the hit are in on it. Fratianno said that Roselli had been meeting with Santo Traficante in the weeks leading up to the hit so he could be involved. Fratianno said whoever Roselli was playing golf with the day he died was likely was involved in setting up the hit.
Interestingly, at the time Fratianno fed this information to the FBI in 1976, he was suspended as informant because of his involvement in a pending RICO investigation. The FBI could only speak with Fratianno if he initiated the call.
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=174028&search=%22SF_2501%22#relPageId=3&tab=page