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1981/1985

FBI Records: The Vault

FBI Vault, Nicodemo Scarfo, Part 01: Newark RICO case file, 1981 to 1985

First part of the FBI's released Scarfo file, 252 pages, mostly 1981: a memorandum recommending a new RICO case, Newark teletypes on his firearms conviction, Atlantic City surveillance reports, and 1985 intercept logs. Read from the viewer's OCR.

Date
1981/1985
Kind
case-file
Source
FBI Records: The Vault
Retrieved
2026-10-12
Rights
Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation released under the Freedom of Information Act. A federal work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Redactions are as released by the FBI. Newspaper clippings filed inside FBI files are third-party material and are not covered by this basis.

The Vault viewer shows 252 pages; page 1 is a deleted-page information sheet. The early pages include a memorandum of June 1981 (the date is read from a poor OCR) recommending that a new RICO case be opened against Scarfo and associates; Newark teletypes about his federal firearms conviction and bail; FD-302 physical-surveillance reports of Atlantic City locations from May 1981; a May 1982 evidence inventory captioned “NICODEMO SCARFO ET AL RICO”; and electronic-surveillance intercept logs for May and June 1985.

The file also holds newspaper clippings, which appear from filing stamps to date from 1981, on a Casino Control Commission inquiry, on Local 54, and on a Division of Gaming Enforcement contempt effort against Scarfo and Philip Leonetti. Those clippings are third-party material and are not claimed as federal works here.

The page images could not be downloaded during research, so every detail is read from the viewer’s OCR text layer, which is poor. The file records addresses of private residences; none is used. The firearms conviction is the subject of 685 F.2d 842.

itemFBI Vault, Nicodemo Scarfo, Part 02 (Final): Newark RICO case file, 1981 to 1982Second and final part of the FBI's released Scarfo file, 323 pages: a December 1981 Justice Department memorandum on closed-circuit television authority, Newark airtels, and 1982 surveillance logs of Atlantic City and shore towns. Read from the viewer's OCR.itemUnited States v. Scarfo, 685 F.2d 842 (3d Cir. 1982)Third Circuit opinion of July 22, 1982 affirming Nicodemo Scarfo's federal conviction for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, after a December 1979 search of his Atlantic City residence in a state murder investigation.itemHotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union Local 54 v. Read, 832 F.2d 263 (3d Cir. 1987)Third Circuit opinion of November 2, 1987 upholding New Jersey Casino Control Act provisions; it recounts the Commission's 1982 order removing two union officials for their association with Nicodemo Scarfo.