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This file concerns the FBI's 1983 RICO investigation involving Roy Albert DeMeo, a New York organized-crime figure who was killed that year. The released records include Brooklyn-Queens office memoranda and teletype traffic seeking authority for consensual recording, travel, photo identifications, and grand-jury-related investigative work. They also contain a source report stating that DeMeo was killed as a suspected weak link and that his crew was divided among other Gambino family crews. Laboratory records discuss fraudulent vehicle identification plates and federal stickers, while other material concerns fingerprint submissions connected to a vehicle break-in and the homicide investigation.

FBI file number: 183A-2016 | Documents span: 1983 | Released in 3 parts
Names in this file: Roy Albert DeMeo, Paul Castellano, Patty Testa, Edward Vassallo, David Petillo, Anthony Gaggi, Gus Kalevas, Ross Cooper, Frances Marineolo, Anthony Volpe, Charles Pomero
Subjects: organized crime, RICO, homicide investigation, electronic surveillance, vehicle identification fraud, grand jury