Lindley DeVecchio

Lindley DeVecchio is a former FBI agent in charge of managing mob informants.cite web |url= http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1786440&page=1 |title= Former Fave FBI Stool Pigeon Indicted |author= Rich Esposito |format= html |work= ABC News |date= 30 March 2006 |quote= ] cite web |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/15/nyregion/15agent.html?ex=1183089600&en=ba3d8468804527a0&ei=5070 |title= For Ex-F.B.I. Agent Accused in Murders, a Case of What Might Have Been |author= Alan Feuer |format= html |work= The New York Times |date= 15 April 2006 |quote= ] DeVecchio worked for the FBI during the Mafia wars in New York during the 1980s and 1990s. He was accused of collaborating with the Mafia and orchestrating or giving information that led to several hits and not stopping others. He allegedly accepted bribes from the Colombo crime family and was put on trial. The murder charges against DeVecchio were dropped November 1 2007. He cannot be tried again because of the double jeopardy rule. [ cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/nyregion/16agent.html?ref=todayspaper |title=Ex-FBI Agent Faces Scrutiny Over Mob Killings |accessdate= |author=Brick, Michael |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2007-10-17 |year= |month= |format=.html |work= |publisher=New York Times |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

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* [http://americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_344.html License to Kill: Greg Scarpa and the FBI] by James Ridgway
* [http://ganglandnews.com/column466.htm Ex-FBI Agent Probed In Mob Hits] by Jerry Capeci
* [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1996/12/16/1996_12_16_068_TNY_CARDS_000377271 The G-Man and the Hit Man] by Fredric Dannen