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Senator Grassley Calls Out FBI On Mark Rossetti

United States Senator Chuck Grassley is a tad miffed over the FBI's use of Mark Rossetti as a confidential informant while the mob capo was running a 30-member crew in Boston, MA as reported by Mike Beaudet for WFXT:  

"It's very difficult with the use of a Rossetti . . . that they wouldn't know it's going on and there wasn't some knowledge of it. And if there isn't knowledge of it there ought to be, otherwise the FBI is not doing its job," Grassley said.

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Another Sentence Falls On Mark Rossetti

Another Sentence Falls On Mark Rossetti

Mark Rossetti, the Patriarca capo who moonlighted as an FBI informant, was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to loansharking and extortion charges as reported by Milton J. Valencia for The Boston Globe.

Last July Rossetti was convicted for orchestrating a home burglary to steal drugs and money, and he got 7 to 9 years in prison, and then earlier this year was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to heroin trafficking.

The sentences on his string of convictions will run concurrently.

Rossetti was charged in October 2010 by the Massachusetts Attorney General with running a 30-member crew, and he remains a suspect in six murders according to the State Police.

A six-person team from the Department of Justice currently is investigating the FBI's Boston field office over its use of Rossetti as an informant.

Mark Rossetti Associate Gets 2-To-4 Years

Joseph Giallanella has been sentenced to a prison term which will range between 2 and 4 years "for his role in a sprawling criminal enterprise led by reputed New England mob boss Mark Rossetti" as reported by Travis Anderson for The Boston Globe:  "Giallanella pleaded guilty in January to several charges includ­ing managing a gaming enterprise, criminal usury, and being an accessory after the fact of larceny."

Last July Mark Rossetti -- also a long-time FBI informant -- was convicted for orchestrating a home burglary to steal drugs and money, and he got 7 to 9 years in prison, and then earlier this year was sentenced to 12 more years after pleading guilty to heroin trafficking.  Rossetti "also faces more serious charges of loan sharking and extortion, which could lengthen his sentence" as previously reported by Milton J. Valencia for The Boston Globe, and remains a suspect in six murders according to a law enforcement source. 

Rossetti was charged in October 2010 by the Massachusetts Attorney General with running a 30-member crew.

A six-person team from the Department of Justice currently is investigating the FBI's Boston field office over its use of Rossetti as an informant.

Reckoning Days For Mark Rossetti

Last July Patriarca capo and FBI informant Mark Rossetti was convicted for orchestrating a home burglary to steal drugs and money, and he got 7 to 9 years in prison.

And yesterday Rossetti was sentenced to 12 more years after pleading guilty to heroin trafficking, and "he also faces more serious charges of loan sharking and extortion, which could lengthen his sentence" as reported by Milton J. Valencia for The Boston Globe.

And Rossetti remains a suspect in six murders according to a law enforcement source.

A six-person team from the Department of Justice currently is investigating the FBI's Boston field office over its alleged longtime use of Rossetti as an informant.

US Rep: FBI Ties To Mob Capo Are Questionable

For decades the FBI's Boston field office used reputed Patriarca capo Mark Rossetti as an informant, and Rep. Stephen Lynch says that although the Bureau's internal review has not been completed "early indications show the relationship was questionable" as reported by Milton J. Valencia for The Boston Globe:  "Lynch said in a recent interview that he and other congressional leaders have met several times privately with FBI officials, and that the agency’s internal probe is ongoing."  A Massachusetts jury convicted Rossetti last month for orchestrating a home burglary to steal drugs and money, and he still faces trial on other charges including extortion and drug trafficking.  Rossetti further is a suspect in six murders according to a law enforcement source.