FBI informants
Abdussattar Shaikh
Abdussattar Shaikh' was called "The FBI's Best Chance to Uncover September 11th Before it Happened" by the Joint Congressional 9.11 Intelligence Committee.
Abdussattar Shaikh' was called "The FBI's Best Chance to Uncover September 11th Before it Happened" by the Joint Congressional 9.11 Intelligence Committee.
Ana Cumpănaş
Ana Cumpănaş or Anna Sage, nicknamed Woman in Red (1889 – April 25, 1947), was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prostitute and brothel owner in the American cities of Chicago ...
Ana Cumpănaş or Anna Sage, nicknamed Woman in Red (1889 – April 25, 1947), was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prostitute and brothel owner in the American cities of Chicago ...
Andrew Thomas DelGiorno
Andrew Thomas DelGiorno, also known as "Tommy Del", is a former American mobster, captain in the Scarfo crime family and Federal Bureau of Investigation informant.
Andrew Thomas DelGiorno, also known as "Tommy Del", is a former American mobster, captain in the Scarfo crime family and Federal Bureau of Investigation informant.
Angela Calomiris
Angela "Angie" Calomiris (August 1, 1916 - January 30, 1995) was an American photographer who became a secret FBI informant within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) under the name Angela Cole.
Angela "Angie" Calomiris (August 1, 1916 - January 30, 1995) was an American photographer who became a secret FBI informant within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) under the name Angela Cole.
Angelo Mercurio
Angelo "Sonny" Mercurio was a member of the Patriarca crime family who became a government informant and recorded a Cosa Nostra induction ceremony.
Angelo "Sonny" Mercurio was a member of the Patriarca crime family who became a government informant and recorded a Cosa Nostra induction ceremony.
Anthony Casso
Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso is a former New York City mobster who served as underboss and acting boss of the Lucchese crime family until he was arrested in 1993, becoming a cooperating witness for t...
Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso is a former New York City mobster who served as underboss and acting boss of the Lucchese crime family until he was arrested in 1993, becoming a cooperating witness for t...
Bella Dodd
Bella Visono Dodd (1904 – 29 April 1969) was a member of the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) in the 1930s and 1940s who later became a vocal anti-communist.
Bella Visono Dodd (1904 – 29 April 1969) was a member of the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) in the 1930s and 1940s who later became a vocal anti-communist.
Boris Morros
Boris Morros was an American Communist Party member, Paramount Studios producer, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent.
Boris Morros was an American Communist Party member, Paramount Studios producer, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent.
Brandon Darby
Brandon Darby was a an informant for the FBI and previously a co-founder of Common Ground Relief, a non-profit relief organization that provided supplies and assistance to New Orleanians in the ...
Brandon Darby was a an informant for the FBI and previously a co-founder of Common Ground Relief, a non-profit relief organization that provided supplies and assistance to New Orleanians in the ...
Danny Greene
Daniel "Danny" J. Patrick Greene (November 14, 1933–October 6, 1977) was an Irish American mobster and associate of Cleveland mobster John Nardi during the gang war for the city's criminal...
Daniel "Danny" J. Patrick Greene (November 14, 1933–October 6, 1977) was an Irish American mobster and associate of Cleveland mobster John Nardi during the gang war for the city's criminal...
Elizabeth Bentley
Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908 – December 3, 1963) was an American spy for the Soviet Union from 1938 until 1945.
Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908 – December 3, 1963) was an American spy for the Soviet Union from 1938 until 1945.
Ernest Withers
Ernest Withers was an African American freelance photographer famous for his black and white images of the segregated South in the 1950s and 60s, Negro league baseball, and the Memphis blues scene.
Ernest Withers was an African American freelance photographer famous for his black and white images of the segregated South in the 1950s and 60s, Negro league baseball, and the Memphis blues scene.
Gregory Scarpa
Gregory Scarpa, Sr. also known as "The Grim Reaper" and "The Mad Hatter", was a capo for the Colombo crime family and an informant for the FBI. During the 1970s and 80s, Scarpa was the chief en...
Gregory Scarpa, Sr. also known as "The Grim Reaper" and "The Mad Hatter", was a capo for the Colombo crime family and an informant for the FBI. During the 1970s and 80s, Scarpa was the chief en...
Hal Turner
Harold Charles "Hal" Turner (born March 15, 1962) is an American white nationalist, Holocaust denier and blogger from North Bergen, New Jersey.
Harold Charles "Hal" Turner (born March 15, 1962) is an American white nationalist, Holocaust denier and blogger from North Bergen, New Jersey.
Harvey Matusow
Harvey Matusow (aka Harvey Job Matusow) (October 3, 1926 – January 17, 2002) was a U.S. Communist who protected himself from HUAC by providing evidence against his former left-wing colleagues.
Harvey Matusow (aka Harvey Job Matusow) (October 3, 1926 – January 17, 2002) was a U.S. Communist who protected himself from HUAC by providing evidence against his former left-wing colleagues.
Herbert Philbrick
Herbert Arthur Philbrick was a Boston area advertising executive who was paid by the FBI to infiltrate the Communist Party USA between 1940 and 1949.
Herbert Arthur Philbrick was a Boston area advertising executive who was paid by the FBI to infiltrate the Communist Party USA between 1940 and 1949.
James J. Bulger
James Joseph Bulger, Jr., known as "Whitey" Bulger — is an alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish-American crime family based in Boston, Massachusetts.
James Joseph Bulger, Jr., known as "Whitey" Bulger — is an alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish-American crime family based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Jon Schillaci
Jon Savarino Schillaci (born December 14, 1971) is an American sex offender and a former fugitive who was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on September 7, 2007.
Jon Savarino Schillaci (born December 14, 1971) is an American sex offender and a former fugitive who was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on September 7, 2007.
Joseph Barboza
Joseph "The Animal" Barboza was a Portuguese-American mafioso and one of the most feared mob hitmen during the 1960s.
Joseph "The Animal" Barboza was a Portuguese-American mafioso and one of the most feared mob hitmen during the 1960s.
Justin Tanner Petersen
Justin Tanner Peterson (1960 Washington, D.C. – March 2010 Los Angeles, California) was an American hacker, concert promoter, sound engineer, private investigator and an informant for the ...
Justin Tanner Peterson (1960 Washington, D.C. – March 2010 Los Angeles, California) was an American hacker, concert promoter, sound engineer, private investigator and an informant for the ...
Ken Eto
Ken Eto (1919-2004), also known as Tokyo Joe and "The Jap", was a Japanese-American mobster with the Chicago Outfit and eventually an FBI informant who ran Asian gambling operations for th...
Ken Eto (1919-2004), also known as Tokyo Joe and "The Jap", was a Japanese-American mobster with the Chicago Outfit and eventually an FBI informant who ran Asian gambling operations for th...
Louis F. Budenz
Louis Francis Budenz was an American activist and writer, as well as a Soviet espionage agent and head of the Buben group of spies.
Louis Francis Budenz was an American activist and writer, as well as a Soviet espionage agent and head of the Buben group of spies.
Mark Whitacre
Mark Edward Whitacre (born May 1, 1957) came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the BioProducts Division at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), he was the highest-level corporate execut...
Mark Edward Whitacre (born May 1, 1957) came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the BioProducts Division at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), he was the highest-level corporate execut...
Mary Stalcup Markward
Mary R. Stalcup Markward was for seven years a member of the Washington, DC "District Communist Party" as director of the party's membership.
Mary R. Stalcup Markward was for seven years a member of the Washington, DC "District Communist Party" as director of the party's membership.
Matt Cvetic
Matthew "Matt" Cvetic was a Pittsburgh native who was asked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to join the Communist Party of the United States as an informant in the 1940s.
Matthew "Matt" Cvetic was a Pittsburgh native who was asked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to join the Communist Party of the United States as an informant in the 1940s.
Mohamed Alanssi
Mohamed Alanssi is a Yemeni national who has worked as an informant for the FBI in over 20 terrorism-related federal prosecutions, starting in November 2001.
Mohamed Alanssi is a Yemeni national who has worked as an informant for the FBI in over 20 terrorism-related federal prosecutions, starting in November 2001.
Morris Childs
Morris Childs was an American political activist and American Communist Party functionary who became a secret operative on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the summer of 1952.
Morris Childs was an American political activist and American Communist Party functionary who became a secret operative on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the summer of 1952.
Nicholas Dozenberg
Nicholas "Nick" Dozenberg was an American political functionary with the Communist Party USA in the 1920s.
Nicholas "Nick" Dozenberg was an American political functionary with the Communist Party USA in the 1920s.
Peter Chiodo
Peter "Big Pete" Chiodo (born 1940) was a capo in the Lucchese crime family who later became a government witness.
Peter "Big Pete" Chiodo (born 1940) was a capo in the Lucchese crime family who later became a government witness.
Ralph Guarino
Ralphie Guarino was an FBI informant and a former associate of the Decavalcante Crime Family, the New-Jersey based crime family that is sometimes considered to be the inspiration for The Sopranos.
Ralphie Guarino was an FBI informant and a former associate of the Decavalcante Crime Family, the New-Jersey based crime family that is sometimes considered to be the inspiration for The Sopranos.
Richard Cain
Richard Cain was a notoriously corrupt Chicago police officer, made man in the Chicago Outfit and a close associate of Mafia boss Sam Giancana.
Richard Cain was a notoriously corrupt Chicago police officer, made man in the Chicago Outfit and a close associate of Mafia boss Sam Giancana.
Richard Castucci
Richard J. Castucci was an Italian-American member of the Boston Winter Hill Gang who owned several strip clubs and was involved in illegal gambling.
Richard J. Castucci was an Italian-American member of the Boston Winter Hill Gang who owned several strip clubs and was involved in illegal gambling.
Sabu (hacktivist)
Sabu is an American computer hacker and the founder of the hacking group LulzSec.
Sabu is an American computer hacker and the founder of the hacking group LulzSec.
Sara Jane Moore
Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975, outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, just 17 days after Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme had pointed...
Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975, outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, just 17 days after Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme had pointed...
Solomon Dwek
Solomon Dwek (also known by his Hebrew name Shlomo שלמה) (born c. 1973) of Deal Park, a neighborhood in Ocean Township, New Jersey, United States, is a convicted felon of Sephardic Syrian Jewish...
Solomon Dwek (also known by his Hebrew name Shlomo שלמה) (born c. 1973) of Deal Park, a neighborhood in Ocean Township, New Jersey, United States, is a convicted felon of Sephardic Syrian Jewish...
Theresa Ferrara
Theresa Ferrara (1952 – February 10, 1979) was an Italian-American born in the Five Towns area of Long Island, New York.
Theresa Ferrara (1952 – February 10, 1979) was an Italian-American born in the Five Towns area of Long Island, New York.
Timothy A. Connolly 3rd
Timothy A. Connolly 3rd, aka "Timmy Connolly" and "TC" is a former South Boston bar owner and mortgage broker, who wore a wire inside the infamous Winter Hill Gang and helped the federal governm...
Timothy A. Connolly 3rd, aka "Timmy Connolly" and "TC" is a former South Boston bar owner and mortgage broker, who wore a wire inside the infamous Winter Hill Gang and helped the federal governm...
Whitey Bulger
James Joseph Bulger, Jr. (born September 3, 1929, Dorchester, Massachusetts) — known as "Whitey" Bulger — is a fugitive and alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang, an...
James Joseph Bulger, Jr. (born September 3, 1929, Dorchester, Massachusetts) — known as "Whitey" Bulger — is a fugitive and alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang, an...
Wilfred Johnson
Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was a United States (FBI) Federal Bureau of Investigation informant from 1969 to 1985.
Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was a United States (FBI) Federal Bureau of Investigation informant from 1969 to 1985.
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