By George Anastasia

Inquirer Staff Writer

Jailed mob boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo played an active role in setting up a scheme to defraud a Texas financial firm of millions of dollars while sitting in a federal penitentiary in Atlanta, new documents in a Dallas bankruptcy case contend.

But whether the 82-year-old mob boss will be indicted is one of several issues that prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Camden are wrestling with as the FirstPlus Financial Group investigation draws to a close.

Scarfo's son, Nicodemo S. Scarfo, 46, and Elkins Park businessman Salvatore Pelullo, 45, have been identified as the primary targets of the investigation, which included a series of raids more than three years ago at businesses and homes in Texas, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.


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