Big Payday for Soap Opera Fan Who Dropped Dime on Whitey Bulger

The soap opera fan who recognized Catherine Greig from the FBI's 30-second TV spot is guaranteed to collect $100,000 for providing information leading them to her. It's unclear whether the informant gets any of the $2 million reward offered for Whitey Bulger himself.

I can imagine the scene as the laid-off former manicurist watches the spot and exclaims, "Omigod, that's Mrs. Frack!" She dials the 800 number from the television screen and gets connected to the FBI. "That's Mrs. Frack, I tell you. She comes into the Lido Salon all the time, I used to do her nails!"

Now that she's in for a windfall from the government, how does she keep it quiet? Does she hide her new wealth from her girlfriends? Does she move into a new neighborhood where nobody knows her? I wonder what she lists as her occupation on her Form 1040 - manicurist?



Madge Gets Big Payday

:rofl:

in memory.

Guess it was a successful ad.

But from the lack of response, I'm guessing no one has gotten the reference yet ;)

As for the rest of the story, I'm not sure what's going on, so I guess I'll have to go looking for more info...

Especially in CA, where $100k is a mortgage payment.

or any other programing. People here only saw it on shows like Rachel etc. VERY STRANGE they didn't put it on here. :tinfoilhat:

I saw that. I also thought I heard that someone in Iceland was the informer

James “Whitey” Bulger may have been living in the United States but capture and arrest of the Boston mob boss--who was "hiding" in plain sight in Santa Monica, California--is actually owed to a female living across the globe: an Iceland woman tipped off the FBI after watching CNN.

A woman living in Iceland apparently saw the FBI’s public service announcement looking for Catherine Greig on a CNN report on Bulger and Greig and, as the gangster's luck would have it, happened to remember the pair -- from a location over 4,000 air miles away from Bulger's hide-out in Santa Monica, California. Apparently the tipster had crossed paths with "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, while visiting the oceanside city.

As to how the FBI chose Iceland as one of the global spots airing the public service announcements is unclear. The FBI had just announced plans of targeting female viewers, for help in keeping an eye out for Bulger's girlfriend Catherine Greig. 30-second ads from the FBI were slated for airing Tuesday, June 21, in 14 television markets -- during programs popular with women in Greig's age group. It seems Iceland was one of those tv markets airing CNN.

The Icelandic tipster was watching CNN abroad when either recognizing the story about the FBI's public TV ad campaign or saw an actual ad on Tuesday, June 21.

The FBI seems to be confirming a tip arrival on Tuesday, June 21, to the agency's Los Angeles office -- then sent for review by James "Whitey" Bulger experts in Boston. The tip then deemed credible, FBI surveillance of "Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig’s apartment began the next day on Wednesday, June 22, the pair arrested later the same day.

They didn't run it here but they showed it during news on several US channels - CNN, M$NBComcast et al. I'm sure it was the same in Iceland.

or watching had it on another show while waiting for the soaps to start.

:)

right down the road from the gated community in Plymouth MA where Whitey and the girfriend are now "guests".