June 9, 1935 - Stephen Flemmi
Flemmi's career illustrates how law enforcement relationships could be exploited to sustain, rather than curtail, organized crime. As a top FBI informant while simultaneously operating within the Winter Hill Gang, he occupied a position that granted him unusual protection over decades of criminal activity. The resulting scandal — an informant shielded while committing serious crimes — became one of the more damaging episodes in the FBI's modern history.
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Stephen Joseph Flemmi (born June 9, 1934) is an American former mobster and convicted murderer and was a close associate of Winter Hill Gang boss Whitey Bulger. Beginning in 1975, Flemmi was a top echelon informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Despite delivering a great deal of intelligence about the inner workings of the Patriarca crime family, Flemmi's own criminal activities proved a public relations nightmare for the FBI. He was ultimately brought up on charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and pleaded guilty in return for a sentence of life in prison.
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