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This file concerns Gregory Scarpa Sr., a Brooklyn organized crime figure identified in the records as a member of the Joseph Profaci group and later tied to the Colombo family. The FBI treated Scarpa as a confidential source under the Top Echelon Criminal Informant Program, recording his designation, reliability assessment, physical description, criminal record, associates, and the circumstances of his contacts with agents. The released records include memoranda from 1961 and 1962 on his recruitment and early reporting, plus 1967 summaries of information he provided about the Profaci-Gallo conflict, Colombo and Persico figures, gambling operations, hijacked cigarettes, stolen securities, travelers checks, and other rackets. They show the New York office using Scarpa for intelligence on La Cosa Nostra members and disputes while also noting his own criminal activity, debts, and associations.

Documents span: 1961-1967 | Released in 8 parts
Names in this file: Gregory Scarpa, Salvatore Scarpa, Joseph Profaci, Joseph Colombo, Carlo Gambino, Carmine J. Persico Jr., Hugh McIntosh, Salvatore Albanese, Charles Lo Cicero, Richard Lo Cicero, Larry Gallo, Joe Gallo
Subjects: organized crime, FBI informants, Colombo crime family, Profaci-Gallo war, hijacking and stolen goods, gambling rackets