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This FBI file concerns a New York RICO murder investigation examining alleged Genovese crime-family involvement in a series of killings. The released records include 1987 and 1988 requests from the New York Field Office for FBI Laboratory fingerprint, firearms, ballistics, hair, fiber, and drug-residue examinations. They discuss evidence and investigative links involving the murders of Thomas Eboli, Vincent Capone, Frank Chin, Thomas Palermo, John Lardiere, James Queli, and Carl Benedetti, as well as the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. A 1999 permanent-top-serial notice warns that forensic work in the file may have involved laboratory examiners criticized in the Justice Department Inspector General's 1997 report.

FBI file number: 183B-3629 | Documents span: 1987-1999 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: John Simone, Thomas Eboli, Vincent Capone, Frank Chin, Thomas Palermo, John Lardiere, James Queli, Carl Benedetti, Salvatore Briguglio, Jimmy Hoffa, Frederick Furino
Subjects: organized crime, Genovese crime family, RICO, homicide, forensic evidence, FBI Laboratory