Greg Scarpa, Sr questions

[Nasabeak]

Scarpa reported in 1961 that he was a Captain and that he had around 10 soldiers in his decina.

However, another informant reported that he had been knocked down from Capo around Profaci died

Is it known why he was bumped from Capo to Soldier? Also, he was bumped back up to Capo under Persico during the around 1991 in the last Colombo War right?

[Pogo The Clown]

No he remained a Soldier during the Colombo War.


Pogo

[CornerBoy]

No he remained a Soldier during the Colombo War.

so who was he reporting to? How do we / you know this?

Was Persico unhappy w him?

[gohnjotti]

No he remained a Soldier during the Colombo War.

so who was he reporting to? How do we / you know this?

Was Persico unhappy w him?

Scarpa’s closest associate Larry Mazza wrote a book detailing his relationship with Scarpa. Another close Scarpa associate, Carmine Sessa, later testified for the government too and detailed how Scarpa, as a soldier, facilitated Sessa’s induction and eventual promotion to consigliere, ultimately serving as a puppet for Scarpa.

Deal with the Devil is also a great book about Scarpa’s relationship with his FBI handler Lindley DeVecchio. The book contains a wealth of information about Scarpa and the disparities between what he told the FBI and what his actual role was.

Scarpa’s captain during the 1980s was Anthony ‘Scappy” Scarpati although the DWTD book portrays Scarpa as the de facto superior to Scarpa. After Scarpati’s arrest, Scarpa’s son Greg Scarpa Jr. was the crews acting captain. It should be obvious that the young Jr’s promotion was simply so Scarpa Sr. could pull the strings. After Scarpa Jr. went on the lam, a young captain named Anthony ‘Chucky’ Russo led the crew through the Colombo war until his 1992 arrest. Throughout Russo’s tenure as captain, Scarpa played an incredibly influential role in family politics and dictated both his own crew (the Wimpy Boys) and other members in the family like the aforementioned Carmine Sessa, former Wimpy Boy & acting captain Robert Zambardi, and others.

Your best bet to learning about Scarpa is undoubtedly through the book Deal with the Devil. Great read. If you have it on Kindle or e-reader you can search keywords which really helps for research.

[Nasabeak]

My question is, for how long before flipping in 1961 was he a Capo, and why was he knocked down to Soldier around 62/63?

[Nasabeak]

Anyone?

[Pmac2]

Profaci got sick his brother inlaw Joe M takes over and breaks all the capo I think or was it when Colombo took over

[Pmac2]

New regime

[Nasabeak]

Profaci got sick his brother inlaw Joe M takes over and breaks all the capo I think or was it when Colombo took over

Any idea for how long before 1961 he had been a Capo for?

[B.]

Traditional rule is that all of the captains get demoted as a formality when a new boss takes over and he can choose who to keep in their position or change.

Not sure when he got promoted but it may have coincided with Charlie LoCicero becoming acting consigliere as I think he lost his captain rank around that time and Scarpa was a LoCicero protege. Just a guess.

Random note but Wikipedia says Scarpa's family was from Northern Italy but his father's side was from Salerno province in Campania.

[davidf1989]

Wasn't Scarpa's brother Salvatore murdered or something?

[DonPeppino386]

Wasn't Scarpa's brother Salvatore murdered or something?

That's correct. I've read deferring reports that either Greg is suspected to have known about it or even had a hand in it.