Sentences with phrase «acts as an informant»

Stevenson was brought down as part of a sting set up by the US Attorney's office to catch corrupt lawmaker with the help of former Assemblyman Nelson Castro, who was also caught on corruption charges and agreed with act as an informant in order to avoid jail time.

In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly persuades Irish - American gangster Jimmy Bulger to act as an informant for the FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob.

Per Grieco, «Pasolini was killed by Pelosi, who first acted as informant on the theft of the Salò film rolls and then served as bait for the ambush.

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One thing leads to another, as tends to happen when you fall down rabbit holes of espionage and clandestine operations, and soon Barry is acting as a bagman in transactions between the Company and Panamanian strongman — and CIA informant — Manuel Noriega, and then he's smuggling drugs into the U.S. for the Medellin cartel, which leads to (after he's caught) becoming a DEA informant.

The real - life story of James «Whitey» Bulger, the South Boston crime boss who acted as a protected FBI informant for years until the arrangement imploded, is one of the most bizarre, once - in - a-lifetime stories you're likely to hear.

The physical science does not mandate we do this, but climate scientists can serve as informants from which policy makers can act.

Sanders requested further discovery on Perez as an informant, but the lead prosecutor fought the request by conceding that Perez was acting as a government agent, and thus there was no need for discovery on the issue.