In September 2019, mafioso Andrew Scoppa told a caller to be wary of an individual involved in murders because the police might “give him a break and make him a collaborating witness, as was the case in the SharQc investigation against the bikers. But what the clan leader didn’t know was that the man he was talking to happened to be a killer-turned-mole for the police, who carried a portable recording device.
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This somewhat surreal scene has been heard in recent days by jurors in the trial of Dominico Scarfo, accused of plotting the murders and killing two Montreal mafia lieutenants, Lorenzo Giordano and Rocco Sollecito, in 2016.
Scarfo was betrayed by the man who shot Sollecito and collaborated with Sûreté du Québec investigators three years after the crimes. This civilian undercover agent (CIO) – whose name should be withheld – wore a recording device during the summer of 2019 and he and Scarfo met Andrew Scoppa twice, in September 2019, claiming to want to obtain the rest of the sums promised by Scoppa’s brother, Salvatore, for the murders of the two Mafia lieutenants.
Scoppa worried
During the 2and meeting, on September 16, the ACI and Scarfo announced to Andrew Scoppa that they had received, the day after their first meeting with the latter, the visit of the investigators of the SQ who advised them that their life was in danger.
This announcement clearly worried Scoppa who regularly brought up the subject during the conversation.
Influenced by AIT, Scoppa charged a 3and accomplice, whose identity cannot be revealed, to be at the origin of the visit of the investigators.
” It’s very dangerous. This guy is an eyewitness,” Scoppa began, before drawing a parallel with SharQc in a virtually prescient statement.
“Bélanger made a statement. He made a video and confessed that he killed two Hells Angels. He did it himself and was paid 3 million dollars to testify against them (…) Just to tell you that even if someone does something, depending on the importance of the stakes, they (the police officers) will give a break (break) to a guy, ”added Andrew Scoppa who meant Boulanger and not Bélanger.
Without knowing it, the Mafioso was talking with a former killer who had signed a contract with the State.
Good job
During the conversation, Andrew also spoke of the murder of his brother Salvatore which occurred on May 4 and wondered how he could have been had, in addition to emphasizing the calm of the killer.
“Someone really let their guard down. The guy who shot knew for sure no one had a gun there. He walked quietly, he had no fear, no fear of reprisals. He walked in, walked behind him and kept shooting him. From what I know of the story, he (the killer) did a good job, even though he’s my brother,” Scoppa said.
Andrew Scoppa also told the two men that he was not in good shape, but told them that he would start training at the gym again soon.
He predicted that this whole story, which led the two men to meet him, “would end badly”.
Once Scoppa left the two men, Scarfo told ACI that he held the chieftain in high regard.
“He’s a legend,” Scarfo said.
The jurors have now finished listening to the recordings made by ACI. The latter will begin to testify on Thursday.
Sleeping juror fired
Separately, a juror was fired on Tuesday because Judge Michel Pennou and lawyers for both parties noted that she appeared to be sleepy and erratic on a few occasions since the start of the trial. The judge told the 13 other jurors that this did not change anything for the rest of the trial.
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