254: Dan DeSimone – NY Mob, Las Vegas Escort Industry

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Dan DeSimone reviews "Operation Thin Crust," a long-term undercover operation (UCO) conducted in 1998. He played the undercover role of the manager of an escort service, covertly set up by the FBI to gather evidence of attempts by associates of the New York Gambino crime family to enter the lucrative Las Vegas escort industry, also known as the outcall industry. Dan and the case agent had to act quickly when, while monitoring electronically intercepted conversations, they learned that three mob enforcers were planning to kidnap, torture and maybe even kill competitors. Dan DeSimone served in the FBI for 23 years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 254 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.6	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:19.0	my award-winning books, blog, and podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:25.3	Today we get to speak to retired agent Daniel D. Simone, who served in the FBI for 23 years.
0:34.2	Dan was initially assigned to the Los Angeles Field Office before being transferred to the
0:39.7	Philadelphia Division where he attained FBI undercover agent certification and performed
0:46.3	a variety of undercover assignments.
0:49.5	In this episode, Dan reviews Operation Thin Crust, a long-term undercover operation conducted
0:57.7	in 1998.
0:59.8	Dan played the undercover role of the manager of an Escort Service, covertly set up by the
1:06.9	FBI to gather evidence that associates of the New York and Bino crime family were trying
1:14.0	to enter the lucrative Las Vegas Escort Service industry, also known as the out-call industry.
1:22.9	Dan and the case agents had to act quickly when, while monitoring intercepted conversations,
1:30.5	they learned that three mob enforcers were planning to kidnap torture and maybe even
1:37.1	kill competitors.
1:39.3	Here in his career, Dan was promoted to unit chief of the undercover and sensitive operation
1:45.9	unit at FBI headquarters.
1:48.4	He also provides insights about the FBI's undercover program during this episode.
1:53.8	Prior to Dan's retirement from the FBI, he served as the FBI's lead to the private sector,
2:00.6	and in 2011 was awarded Nighthood by Pope Benedict XVI for his career in public service,
2:08.4	as actions in his private life, and for leading the 2008 papal visit to the United States.
2:16.1	Currently, Dan is the senior director of investigative resources at Thomas Reuters, where he serves
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