Infamous Snitches Who Avoided Life in Prison

Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show Walt Disney.It seems thatWalt Disney served as an FBI informant for 26 years. He let J. Edgar Hoover access movie and TV scripts so the agency director could suggest changes.

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Before becoming the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan acted in films like Bedtime for Bonzo and Hellcats of the Navy. This is common knowledge. Did you know Reagan acted as an FBI informant as a rising politician in Hollywood after World War II, snitching aboutpro-Communist influences in the Screen Actors Guild and other Hollywood groups?

Source: Mercury News

In 2014, The Smoking GunThe Smoking Gun reported Sharpton, whose alias was “CI-7,” worked heavily with the FBI in the 1980s. The report claimed Sharpton’s link to the Genovese crime family involved recording talks, leading to arrests of mobsters like Dominick “Baldy Dom” Canterino and soldier Federico “Fritzy” Giovanelli.

Source: The Smoking Gun

Elia Kazan directed films such asOn the Waterfront and East of Eden, but Kazan remains controversial in some groupsbecause of the testimony he gave before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.In April 1952, the Committee called on Kazan, under oath, to identify Communists from his time with the American Communist Party sixteen years earlier.

KKazan first refused to name names, but later named eight former colleagueswho he said were Communists.This move caused Kazan to lose many friends in the film industry, including playwright Arthur Miller and actor Marlon Brando.

Henry Hill, the ultimate Goodfella, a NYC mobster with 25 years with the Lucchese crime family, helped the FBI secure 50 convictions and jailed mobsters like James Burke and Paul Vario. The story became the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas and the books Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family, Tthe Wise Guy Cookbook.

Peter Chiodo, an Italian from Queens, became a "made man" in 1987 and managed payments from the Ironworkers union. In May 1991, two men attacked Chiodo and shot him 12 times. He survived the attack (mostly because he weighed 500 pounds) but chose to turn state's evidence against the mafia for his family's safety.In May 1991, Chiodo was attacked by two men and shot 12 times. He survived the attack (largely because he weighed 500 pounds), but decided to turn state’s evidence against the mafia in return for the safety of his family.

Source: NY Daily News

"Good Looking Sal" was a New York City underboss and caterer who moved up the ranks of theBonanno family, first as a truck hijacker and later as a capo (like a mob manager).

In 2003, he faced arrest forracketeering and murder; two weeks after the first hearing, Vitale told prosecutors he wanted to turn informer, becoming the third confessed underboss of a New York crime family to break his blood oath.

Phil Leonetti learned to be a hit man for the mafia from his uncle, Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo. In 1980, after two top officials were murdered, Leonetti became the boss of the Philadelphia family and earned a reputation as a ruthless leader. In 1989, he received a long prison sentence.

To escape the sentence, Leonetti became an FBI informant. He helped get Nicodemo Scarfo convicted of first-degree murder.Leonetti became an FBI informant. He helped convict Nicodemo Scarfo of first-degree murder.

Source: Mafia Today

Born in 1917,John “Sonny” Franzese Sr. was theoldest active member of the American mafia. In 2010, whenhis eldest child, John Franzese Jr., turned state's evidence. Anyone would have expected him to collapse on the subpoena.Despite his age, Sonny was convicted of extortion and received an eight-year prison sentence. Jr. joined the mafia snitches.

Joseph Massino is one of the few bosses of theFive Families of New YorkHe received a life sentence, but he cooperated.In 2002, gangster Frank Coppa became the first Bonanno made man to turn. He implicated many high-ranking mafia leaders, including Massino, who faced arrest and murder charges.In 2005, Bad Boy RecordsIn a high-profile trial, Massino left jail on July 10, 2013.

In 2005,Bad Boy RecordsArtist Lil Cease was called a snitch after he testified in Lil’ Kim’s perjury trial. The case followed a shootout between Kim’s crew and Capone’s group outside the Hot97 studio in February 2001. Kim was found guilty of perjury and conspiracy for lying to investigators and got one year in prison.

Cease claimed the Feds subpoenaed him and he had no choice but to testify.

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Anthony Casso had a reputation in the mafia as a tough guy. He tried to kill crime boss John Gotti several times. When arrested in 1993, he offered to turn evidence against mobsters. However, Casso left the Witness Protection Program.Prosecutors claimed Casso broke rules. These rules included bribing guards, attacking other inmates, and making "false statements" about federal witnesses Gravano and D'Arco.

Ray Ferritto wasbest known for killing Irish mob boss Danny Greene with a car bomb in 1977.He became a government informant after learning his Cleveland family planned a hit on him. He stayed in Witness Protection for one year before receiving a six-month prison sentence.Source:

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