Article: Flemmi's lawyer contends fed let his crimes slide.

Underworld figure Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi told an FBI agent all about his loan sharking and sports gambling operations back in 1967, but the agent never pushed for Flemmi's prosecution, according to testimony yesterday in federal court.

Flemmi's lawyer, Kenneth J. Fishman, quizzed retired FBI agent H. Paul Rico about his knowledge of Flemmi's crime rackets but Rico repeatedly denied ever granting Flemmi immunity from prosecution.

"I had nothing to do with his continuing to operate," Rico testified.

But Fishman is trying to show U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf that Rico turned a blind eye toward crimes committed by Flemmi and his ...

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