Richard Castucci had one brother who was involved with one of Castucci's restaurants.
16 Facts About Richard Castucci
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Richard Castucci's children included a daughter Denise, a son Richard Castucci Jr.
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At age 21, Richard Castucci was featured in the Boston Herald after stopping an armed robbery with his father.
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Richard Castucci was a close associate of mobster Stephen Flemmi, a leader of the Winter Hill Gang and a secret FBI informant.
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Richard Castucci introduced Flemmi and mobster John Martorano to a major New York bookmaker when they were organizing Anthony Ciulla's race fixing scheme.
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Richard Castucci owned several clubs and strip bars in the Boston area, including the Ebb Tide Lounge, the Libra Lounge, the 571 Club, Jaws, and the Squire.
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Richard Castucci had two families, a $16,000 second house mortgage, bills from his clubs, and expensive loan shark loans.
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Richard Castucci was being hounded by loan shark collectors and was in debt to John Harrison, known as "Hard Boiled John", paying $300 to $400 installments.
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On January 30,1970, needing money and protection from law enforcement, Richard Castucci become an FBI informant.
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Richard Castucci was enrolled in the FBI's highly secretive Top Echelon Informant Program.
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When Richard Castucci found out that Winter Hill members Joseph "Joe Mac" McDonald and James Sims were hiding from the authorities in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, he passed that information to his FBI handlers.
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However, Bulger decided to wait until the end of the National Football League season so that he could steal Richard Castucci's sports betting earnings.
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At the apartment, Richard Castucci was sitting in the kitchen sorting his cash when Martorano walked behind Richard Castucci and shot him in the head.
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The car and Richard Castucci's body were discovered in the aftermath of a snowstorm.
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Connolly reported to the FBI that Richard Castucci owed money to both Winter Hill Gang and the Patriarcas, but had only paid Winter Hill.
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Richard Castucci was a regular diner at a restaurant owned by Castucci's brother-in-law from his first marriage.