Press — Scott Curtis

SCOTT CURTIS/PRESS

Ex-FBI Agent | Crime Expert | Consultant

On top of a career leading the charge in cases making headlines when they finally landed at the courthouse, former FBI special agent SCOTT CURTIS is frequently solicited by the news media for his analysis of ongoing criminal investigations and court proceedings and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and in 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/

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.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.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

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.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/

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.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/

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

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

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

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

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

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/secret-recordings-played-of-pawlowski-and-fbi-mayor-asks-am-i-under-investigation/article_76be03d4-247f-5fed-af0a-38f9c0ecad5b.html