18-Year Mob Informant Wouldn't Wear a Wire, So Feds Out Him?
Joseph Barone informed for 18 years but wouldn't wear a wire. A federal judge green-lighted the filing of a lawsuit against the FBI by a former Bonanno crime family soldier who informed on his criminal cohorts for 18 years. (And he is a former Bonanno, though some reports mistakenly refer to him as a former Genovese mobster. I double-checked this with one of the Daily News's bylined authors, Larry McShane, also the author of " Chin: The Life and Crimes of Mafia Boss Vincent Gigante ." I am going to be posting a story based on an interview with Larry.) The ex-soldier, Joseph Barone Jr., previously exposed a Mafia plot to murder a Brooklyn federal court judge, the Daily News reported . He alleges the FBI deliberately leaked his informant status.