Press — Scott Curtis

SCOTT CURTIS/PRESS

Ex-FBI Agent | Crime Expert | Consultant

On top of a career leading the charge in headline-making cases, former FBI special agent SCOTT CURTIS is frequently solicited by broadcast and cable news (CNN) for his analysis of criminal investigations, court proceedings , and the inner workings of the FBI. Curtis is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and the Intercept, among other publications.

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https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/03/08/colombos-busting-fbi-special-agent-scott-curtis-transferring-to-post-in-pennsylvania/

Ex-FBI agent Scott Curtis being interviewed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper about the search for the UnitedHealthcare-CEO killer.. — Ex-FBI agent Scott Curtis being interviewed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper about the search for the UnitedHealthcare- CEO killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJDWzCPZZbA

Former FBI agent Scott Curtis is interviewed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper about the “CEO Killer” in New York City.

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnap/date/2024-12-11/segment/01

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/acd/date/2024-12-06/segment/01

https://www.youtube.com/@ScottCurtisInvestigator

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=552932804253512

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/from-flips-to-flipping-retired-fbi-agent-speaks-to-69-news/article_360df9d8-929b-5243-9ef5-47e48ec00e5b.html

Wall Street Journal article in which former FBI agent Scott Curtis is quoted on the subject of the mafia's problematic management style.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/lousy-management-knucklehead-hires-plague-operations-of-real-life-sopranos-11633360973

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/former-fbi-agent-talks-assassination-attempt-investigation/article_9f88bff0-42bc-11ef-9555-c7ceddafb7cb.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/the-enemy-is-adapting-former-fbi-agent-reacts-to-recent-terrorism-violent-acts-in-us/article_cbcf9762-c94b-11ef-96ad-7fd382091c9a.html

https://www.cnn.com/videos/title-980443

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-mobsters-mafia-downfall-colombo-fbi-2021-10

https://www.mcall.com/2024/06/03/allentown-city-council-plans-to-hire-scott-curtis-former-fbi-investigator-in-ed-pawlowski-case-to-investigate-alleged-city-hall-discrimination/

Scott Curtis appears on Anderson Cooper 360° speaking about the CEO Killer's gun.

https://www.mcall.com/2024/06/05/allentown-city-council-hires-ex-fbi-agent-who-led-pawlowski-probe-to-conduct-investigation-into-alleged-city-hall-discrimination/

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/allentown-city-council-hires-former-fbi-investigator-to-look-into-claims-of-discrimination-at-city/article_16a13d88-23a0-11ef-9e66-07bc6349a0b2.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/lehigh-county/allentown-area/allentown-police-officer-behind-whistleblower-lawsuit-now-on-administrative-leave/article_d98351fa-85a8-11ef-8956-6fcbcdc2de31.html#tncms-source=Homepage-Top-Stories

Former FBI Special Agent Scott Curtis appears on WFMZ-TV. — Former FBI Special Agent and WFMZ-TV legal analyst Scott Curtis.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/former-allentown-mayor-denied-new-trial-on-corruption-charges

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/allentown-city-council-to-weigh-hiring-former-fbi-investigator-to-investigate-alleged-discrimination-at-city/article_359e2a8e-21e3-11ef-8cbf-57cc4a4d7eb1.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/allentown-city-council-votes-to-sue-mayor-to-stop-obstruction-of-investigation/article_a50d5a40-3424-11ef-9759-afb3f7a80d2e.html

Scott Curtis discusses imminent changes in leadership at the FBI in Washington D.C on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip.

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/allentown-city-council-to-vote-on-funding-to-sue-mayor/article_a8d65e7c-3403-11ef-90f0-9f603c12f4af.html#tncms-source=Homepage-Top-Stories

Abby Phillip interviews former FBI agent Scott Curtis about the investigation methods that will be used to determine motive and method utilized in the Bourbon Street crowd attack.

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/allentown/the-investigation-continues-at-allentown-city-hall-despite-concerns-over-contract-hiring-process

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/allentown-mayor-says-300k-investigation-contract-void-not-all-councilmembers-agree/article_289d6bc8-2cca-11ef-94e3-035cc976f974.html

https://790waeb.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2024-06-18-heres-whats-trending-for-june-18/

https://www.wfmz.com/espanol/noticias/votar-n-sobre-contrataci-n-de-ex-agente/article_2e09326e-2215-11ef-ac57-a3caa0c4de48.html

FBI Special Agent Scott Curtis arresting a member of the Colombo crime family.

https://www.mcall.com/2022/11/08/scott-curtis-a-retired-fbi-special-agent-discusses-high-profile-cases-including-former-allentown-mayor-ed-pawlowski-photo/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/allentown-city-council-plans-to-hire-scott-curtis-former-fbi-investigator-in-ed-pawlowski-case-to-investigate-alleged-city-hall-discrimination/ar-BB1nx1cn

https://www.mcall.com/2018/06/09/scott-curtis-fbi-agent-behind-allentown-investigation-retires/

https://nypost.com/2021/10/06/nyc-mobsters-fear-handing-over-control-to-phone-obsessed-millennials/

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/millennial-mobsters-becoming-mafias-downfall-191732002.html

Former FBI agent Scott Curtis discusses Christopher Wray's resignation from the FBI with Geraldo Rivera on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip.

https://theintercept.com/2020/10/22/lehigh-valley-pennsylvania-democratic-party-biden/

https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/05/19/go-ahead-and-charge-me-with-nuns-murder-thomas-tommy-shots-gioeli-rants-in-prison-blog/

https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/04/08/colombo-family-turncoats-wife-andrea-calabro-helps-feds-with-info-on-mob-boss-tommy-shots-gioeli/

https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/fbi-framed-alleged-mobster-his-lawyer-says-p53366

Scott Curtis speaking to a group from the Allentown Morning Call website.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14648649/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxjhFZURyWk

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10063985/New-Yorks-veteran-mobsters-fear-millennial-Mafiosi-going-soft.html

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/ex-congressman-apparently-victim-of-scam-complaint-says-i80563

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/alleged-mobster-gioeli-cleared-of-murders-q58868

https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/08/24/mobsters-slay-charges-play-second-fiddle-to-alleged-pizza-feud-at-cheesy-bail-hearing/

https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/04/20/mob-family-court-showdown-dont-call-me-your-brother-no-more/

https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/03/17/soda-biz-may-land-mob-prince-michael-persico-in-prison/

https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/01/26/godfather-star-james-caan-furio-from-the-sopranos-go-to-bat-for-colombo-crime-boss/

https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-164-scott-curtis-mayor-of-allentown-campaign-contribution-bribery/

https://podcasts.apple.com/am/podcast/scott-curtis-mayor-of-allentown-campaign/id1082012464?i=1000437020887

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"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aashish-yadav/episodes/Episode-164-Scott-Curtis--Mayor-of-Allentown--Campaign-Contribution-Bribery-ecv8p0",

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2018/03/02/business-community-leaders-say-mayor-ed-pawlowski-verdict-offers-allentown-a-fresh-start/

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/former-fbi-agent-dives-into-nationwide-insurance-fraud-scam-stemming-from-reading/article_629dfbd1-c336-4deb-a863-a81992998510.html

Daily News headline about mafia-buster Scott Curtis transferring to Pennsylvania.

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/2022/11/fbi-agent-who-took-down-allentown-mayor-tells-penn-state-students-how-he-did-it.html

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/criminal-justice/the-supreme-court-just-weakened-a-federal-bribery-law-dont-expect-that-to-help-former-allentown-mayor-ed-pawlowski

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/allentown-mayor-retired-fbi-agent-respond-to-whistleblower-lawsuit-against-allentown-its-police-department/article_f526f0aa-5138-11ef-a980-4f34ed739264.html

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/2019/12/hes-the-fbi-agent-who-took-down-allentowns-mayor-now-hes-talking-publicly-about-the-case.html

https://www.wsj.com/story/the-mob-suffers-management-troubles-4d1773c4

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/316774/modern-day-mafia-plagued-by-mismanagement-and-bad-hires-ex-fbi-agent-claims/

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-mobsters-mafia-downfall-colombo-fbi-2021-10

Men's Journal article on the informant who brought down the Colombo crime family in the record bust spearheaded by Scott Curtis.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/turncoat-capo-fingers-per_b_822694

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/feds-probe-mob-prince-in_b_507381

https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/the-mobster-who-brought-down-the-mob-20121220

https://nypost.com/2012/04/19/hero-cop-tried-to-id-mob-killers-before-he-died-ater-1997-hit/

https://nypost.com/2011/10/31/la-cosa-nostra/

https://fbiretired.com/agent/scottcurtiswritergmail-com/

https://www.delcotimes.com/2022/11/12/ex-fbi-agent-pa-corrupt-states/

https://www.mcall.com/2022/11/08/pennsylvania-one-of-the-most-corrupt-states-says-former-fbi-agent-who-worked-ed-pawlowski-pay-to-play-case/

Allentown Morning Call headline featuring Curtis speaking before a group about his career busting local-government corruption.

https://www.mcall.com/2019/07/01/podcast-fbi-agent-reveals-what-it-took-to-make-secret-recordings-of-mayor-ed-pawlowski/

https://www.mcall.com/2018/02/13/theres-more-going-on-here-than-meets-the-eye-fbi-agent-tells-allentown-mayor-ed-pawlowski/

https://www.mcall.com/2018/10/25/what-was-susan-wilds-role-as-ed-pawlowski-brought-down-city-hall/

https://www.mcall.com/2019/07/02/connection-between-allentown-corruption-case-and-one-brewing-in-scranton/

Scott Curtis appears on a CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip panel discussing the behind the scenes at the FBI.

https://www.mcall.com/2019/04/26/mike-fleck-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-for-role-in-allentowns-pay-to-play-scheme/

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/former-allentown-mayor-convicted-of-47-felony-counts-asks-for-new-trial/article_a7df2c90-bae8-11ee-8e2b-37fe73b992eb.html

Outtake Scott Curtis quote from a covert recording used in an Allentown Morning Call headline as the Mayor of Allentown was on trial for public corruption.

https://www.mcall.com/2018/02/18/trial-of-allentown-mayor-ed-pawlowski-takes-dramatic-turn/

https://www.mcall.com/2018/01/31/pawlowski-trial-testimony-turns-to-haddad-property/

https://www.mcall.com/2018/08/19/former-reading-mayor-vaughn-spencer-faces-trial-monday-in-fbi-case-that-snagged-ed-pawlowski/?amp=1

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_United_States_Military_Academy_alumni

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Army_Black_Knights#Men%27s_gymnastics

https://crime-and-corruption.fandom.com/wiki/Carmine_%22The_Snake%22_Perisco

Former FBI agent Scott Curtis comments to the press on a whistleblower lawsuit. — Former FBI agent Scott Curtis discussing a police-force whistleblower lawsuit on WFMZ-TV.

https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Andrew_Russo

https://www.podchaser.com/creators/scott-curtis-107to1OQZ6

https://gizmodo.com/tag/scott-curtis

https://github.com/ScottCurtisUSMA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-curtis-28015b14b/

https://www.scribd.com/user/762091842/Scott-Curtis

https://app.connectively.us/#/profile/92298

Former FBI Special Agent Scott Curtis is interviewed by Today Australia about the Wisconsin School Shooting.

https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/writer-40901e266-77748

https://www.news.com.au/world/mobsters-get-offer-they-can-refuse/news-story/a9616f580836534bfdf47777c9ffa44e

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/eastern-berks-county/authorities-in-berks-county-and-new-jersey-work-to-locate-man-who-held-up-two/article_1b7d10c6-19e0-11ef-aa3a-dbfd515bd049.html

Scott Curtis acting as legal analyst in one of his frequent appearances on WFMZ-TV's News at 6. — Former FBI agent Scott Curtis frequently comments on criminal investigations on WFMZ-TV.

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/southeastern-pa/retired-fbi-agent-weighs-in-on-cavalcante-search/article_d8dc3060-51e6-11ee-820b-6b203cc1e3e2.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/some-supporters-push-for-clemency-for-ed-pawlowski-whos-serving-15-year-prison-sentence/article_269a83c8-30a0-11ee-a00d-2b4d8216954f.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/hes-very-calculated-kohberger-to-enter-plea-on-monday/article_64cf1e40-f826-11ed-af15-4f63144c706c.html

Cartoon by Pulitzer-prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson about Scott Curtis’s investigations. — Pulitzer-prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson’s take on Scott Curtis’s investigations.

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/retired-fbi-agent-weighs-in-on-case-of-man-accused-in-idaho-killings/article_2e056774-92f1-11ed-a23e-9b262449ece3.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/idaho-police-poconos-man-responsible-for-killing-all-four-university-of-idaho-students-in-november/article_9efe86c6-897e-11ed-b619-f766f16ccb66.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/retired-fbi-agent-to-share-stories-of-pay-to-play-cases/article_158468ae-5f74-11ed-93aa-a3c9e9c52631.html

https://www.wfmz.com/business/business-matters/business-matters---one-on-one-with-scott-curtis-the-fbi-agent-who-attacked/video_863277f2-0746-511f-af80-9daa217ad1bb.html

Scott Curtis (at right) appears on the WFMZ-TV show Business Matters. — Scott Curtis (right) joins WFMZ-TV’s Tony Iannelli in a discussion about Pennsylvania’s regrettable vulnerability to pay-to-play fraud.

https://www.wfmz.com/news/special/fbi-probe/former-allentown-mayor-ed-pawlowski-sentenced-to-15-years/article_cae1923f-0214-5a8a-93ca-e7c975b8ec6d.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/special/fbi-probe/federal-judge-ed-pawlowski-thought-he-was-above-the-law/article_df2b1813-6167-5e61-a22c-1fb31a0b7302.html

https://www.wfmz.com/espanol/noticias/pawlowski-pasar-15-a-os-en-prisi-n/article_536cc9f3-5111-57c8-91b8-0278f99d4081.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/jury-ex-reading-mayor-guilty-of-all-counts-in-bribery-trial/article_6ee17bf4-e9a7-5385-9596-64d9f756608c.html

Discussing a Manhattan murder mystery on the Today Show (Australia).

https://www.wfmz.com/news/special/fbi-probe/defense-grills-fbi-special-agent-scott-curtis-about-fleck-potential-schemes/article_cf042a13-d3cc-51f0-b7b6-42276de82d25.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/special/fbi-probe/were-not-joking-around-here-ed-and-other-tidbits-heard-in-pay-to-play-trial/article_d1e8f974-8820-5dbf-af60-116d29ced7d4.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/allentown-mayor-says-city-council-contract-with-ex-fbi-agent-hired-to-investigate-city-hall-racism-is-void/ar-BB1oovsD

https://www.wfmz.com/news/special/fbi-probe/secret-recordings-played-of-pawlowski-and-fbi-mayor-asks-am-i-under-investigation/article_76be03d4-247f-5fed-af0a-38f9c0ecad5b.html

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/former-allentown-mayor-convicted-of-corruption-charges-has-message-for-city-he-once-served/article_e5ba8de4-8a67-11ef-988f-130bcb816eb8.html#tncms-source=Breaking-News-(Local)-Banner