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US ordered to pay $6.25m to family in 1976 mob killing

Richard J. Castucci Richard J. Castucci was murdered by two FBI informants in 1976.
By Shelley Murphy
Globe Staff / June 12, 2009

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After years of legal maneuverings by Justice Department lawyers and a three-day nonjury trial, a federal judge ordered the government to pay $6.25 million to the widow and children of Richard J. Castucci, a Revere nightclub owner whose slaying was orchestrated by two of the FBI's most prized informants, James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. (Full article: 750 words)

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