In this episode, retired agents Lou Calvarese and Melissa Fortunato review their undercover roles in Operation Royal Charm, an investigation that used an undercover wedding ruse to dismantle an international...Continue reading
Category: Undercover Agents
349: Scott Payne – Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Operation Roadkill
In this episode, retired agent Scott Payne reviews his undercover role in Operation Roadkill, the Boston Division’s investigation targeting members and associates of the local Taunton and Brockton, Massachusetts chapters of...Continue reading
338: Jack Garcia – Undercover Legend, FBIAA Distinguished Service Honoree
In this episode, retired legendary undercover agent Joaquin “Jack” Garcia shares his thoughts about being honored on November 21, 2024, by the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) as their Distinguished Service...
304: Barbara Verica – Tracking Arne Treholt, Soviet Spy
Retired Agent Barbara Verica reviews her espionage case as a first-time, untrained, undercover agent in Manhattan, gathering intelligence and the evidence to prove that Norwegian diplomat Arne Treholt was selling...Continue reading
289: Scott Payne – Undercover White Supremacist
In this episode, retired agent Scott Payne reviews his undercover role in the investigation that resulted in averting a mass shooting at a synagogue by a copy-cat white supremacist who...Continue reading
269: Michael Gibeley – Thwarted Anti-Government Murder Plot
Retired agent Michael Gibeley served in the FBI for nearly 24 years. In this episode, Mike Gibeley reviews his undercover role as a firearms dealer working with Edward McLarnon who...Continue reading
254: Dan DeSimone – NY Mob, Las Vegas Escort Industry
In this episode, retired agent Daniel DeSimone reviews “Operation Casablanca West,” a long-term undercover operation (UCO) conducted in 1998. He played the undercover role of the manager of an escort...Continue reading
