To be truthful, in my opinion? I suspect that many guys either straight out felt Scarpa was bad, or strongly suspected he was bad. And that not only goes for the Persicos and the general hierarchy, but a lot of other guys who should have questioned him.

But he either sandbagged them, conned them, bought them off, or scared them into either keeping quiet or acquiescing to his activities. Maybe certain guys actually "benefitted" from his cooperation? Who knows?