Salvatore Testa
Son of Philip Testa. A partner in an illegal sports-betting business in 1983 and killed on September 14, 1984, according to the Third Circuit's account of the 1988 RICO trial record.
- Died
- 1984-09-14
- Aliases
- Sal Testa
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 1982 — FBI Newark serials in Part 02 of the Scarfo file summarize source information about "Sal Testa" and describe him as the son of the late Phillip Testa (Vault, OCR).
- 1983 — Pungitore, 910 F.2d 1084: he invested $25,000 as a partner in an illegal sports-betting business.
- 14 September 1984 — Pungitore: "Salvatore Testa fell from Scarfo's graces and was murdered because he was not following orders and was 'getting too big.'" Defendants charged in his death had been acquitted in a Pennsylvania state court.
- 1988 — FBI testimony to the Senate: Philip Testa made new members, "including his own son, Salvatore," and "Sal Testa rose quickly because of his close association with Scarfo. He, too, was subsequently murdered."
The account of the motive is trial testimony as the Third Circuit recites it. No role line is given: the opinion describes his business interests and his killing, not a rank. No opened record gives his birth date.
Records
itemUnited States v. Pungitore, 910 F.2d 1084 (3d Cir. 1990)Third Circuit opinion of August 1, 1990 affirming the RICO convictions of Nicodemo Scarfo and thirteen co-defendants from the 1988 Philadelphia trial, with the court's account of the family's succession from Angelo Bruno to Philip Testa to Scarfo.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.itemOrganized Crime: 25 Years After Valachi (1988): FBI and U.S. Attorney testimony on the Philadelphia familyPassages of the April 1988 Senate hearings in which FBI Deputy Assistant Director Anthony Daniels traced the Philadelphia LCN family from Salvatore Sabella to Nicodemo Scarfo, and U.S. Attorney Edward S. G. Dennis, Jr. described the killings after Angelo Bruno's death. Testimony, not findings.