343: Constantine, Carazza, and Mancini - Boston Badge Betrayal, Police Corruption (Part 1)

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Retired agents Kevin Constantine and Mike Carazza, along with retired Boston Police Department (BPD) superintendent Frank Mancini, review their joint public corruption investigation of BPD police officers involved in criminal acts. The officers engaged in identity theft, drug distribution, prostitution, obstruction of justice, robbery, threats, assault and battery, insurance fraud, and most prominently the protection of shipments of multi-kilogram loads of cocaine.

The investigation utilized consensual recordings by a cooperating witness, a Title III Group II Undercover Operation, and 17 undercover agents, including legendary undercover agent Jack Garcia. This episode is dedicated to the late Giraldo “Gerry” Bermudez, one of the primary undercover agents for the case. RIP.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 343 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired
0:14.3	agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former
0:23.6	colleagues. Today we get to speak to retired agents, Kevin Constantine and Mike Carraza,
0:31.3	along with retired Boston Police Department Superintendent Frank Mancini. They review a joint FBI Boston PD investigation
0:42.3	of corrupt police officers involved in criminal acts. The officers were engaged in identity theft,
0:50.5	drug distribution, prostitution, obstruction of justice, robbery, threats, assaults, and battery, and insurance fraud.
0:58.5	And most prominently, the protection of shipments of multi-kilogram loads of cocaine.
1:05.9	The investigation utilized consensual recordings by a cooperating witness, a Title III Group 2 undercover operation,
1:14.0	and up to 17 undercover agents, including legendary undercover agent Jack Garcia.
1:21.6	This episode is dedicated to the late Geraldo Jerry Bermudas, one of the primary undercover agents for this case.
1:30.6	May he rest in peace. Kevin Constantine served in the FBI for 21 years. He worked on the Boston
1:37.5	organized crime squad for three years before moving to the public corruption and civil rights squad.
1:43.8	During his career, Kevin was the
1:45.7	primary investigator in several sensitive domestic and international public corruption investigations.
1:52.7	In recognition of his hard work and dedication to service, Kevin has been the recipient of numerous
1:58.7	awards for his investigative efforts, the highlight of these being
2:02.7	selected by his peers as the 2006 Paul F. Kavanaugh Award recipient. Currently, Kevin serves as a
2:11.4	project director at Madison Associates, Inc., an international law enforcement service where, under a GOJ contract,
2:20.3	he is detailed to the FBI's International Corruption Unit at FBI headquarters.
2:26.1	Mike Karaza served in the FBI for 27 years. During his career, he gained extensive experience
2:33.4	in complex investigations, including
2:36.2	Public Corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and financial crimes as a member of and
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