Dominick LoFaro

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Dominick "Big Dom" LoFaro (1928-2003) was a small-time gambler who later became a government undercover informant.

Biography

Lofaro worked in the New York area, and was arrested for drugs. He agreed to testify against

According to Time magazine, investigators outfitted LoFaro "with a tiny microphone taped to his chest and a miniature cassette recorder, no bigger than two packs of gum, that fitted into the small of his back without producing a bulge. Equipped with a magnetic switch on a cigarette lighter to activate the recorder, Lofaro coolly discussed Gambino family affairs with the unsuspecting Gotti brothers. Afterward he placed the tapes inside folded copies of The New York Times business section and dropped them in a preselected trash bin."

LoFaro wore a wire for the FBI for two years. One of LoFaro's primary targets was Gambino boss

LoFaro was placed in a

References

Further reading

• Davis, John H. Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
  ISBN 0-06-016357-7

• Magnuson, Ed (June 24, 2001). "Hitting the Mafia". Time.