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American Scandal

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American Scandal

Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, History Daily, American History Tellers, Lindsay Graham

4.618.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Federal investigators scrutinize Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan. The two judges face their own day in court.

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0:00.0

It's October 2006.

0:14.0

In northeastern Pennsylvania, a federal agent is staring at what could be a gold mine of

0:18.7

evidence for a looming criminal case.

0:21.4

Half a block away is a black Lincoln town car.

0:25.1

It belongs to William D'Alea, also known as Big Billy.

0:29.1

It's widely known that D'Alea runs the Buffalo Lino Crime Family, one of the most powerful

0:33.5

criminal organizations in the region.

0:35.8

And as a mediator between the New York and Pennsylvania Mafia, D'Alea is believed to

0:40.0

have an incredible breath of information about organized crime.

0:43.9

For decades, the government has been watching D'Alea, waiting for him to trip up.

0:48.3

But it wasn't until a few months ago that they finally got him on charges of money-laundering.

0:53.0

Since then, D'Alea has also been charged with witness tampering, and now he's being held

0:57.3

in jail.

0:58.6

D'Alea's prosecutors are hoping to get D'Alea to flip and to get his help in the larger

1:02.7

fight against organized crime.

1:05.1

But before they can get a cooperation agreement, federal prosecutors are going to have to show

1:09.2

D'Alea that the evidence against him is overwhelming.

1:12.6

And that means investigating every corner of his life to see what might be hiding.

1:17.2

So today, federal agents are going to search D'Alea's town car.

1:20.8

The lead agent on the search doesn't know if they're going to find anything worthwhile.

1:25.1

Mobsters generally know how to hide things.

1:27.9

In a case like this, you can't leave any stone unturned.

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