Tony beat and collected money from that degenerate gambler himself. Tony killed multiple people himself.
I guess one could make the argument that gaspipe killed that Frankie hydell guy while he was underboss, so it could happen...
Most of violent things Tony did himself were personal, like avenging murder attempt on Chris and on himself. Plus he was trying to keep his tough guy persona to be more feared. He was a violent person in general and probably enjoyed being a bully. Scarfo was doing hits while boss too.
The FBI sits on their ass and doesn't get and doesn't get a single conviction in 8 years. Aside from season 1, is anyone in the NJ family even indicted?
They indicted a number of people in first season and it was made clear that they were focused on Junior Soprano and Baresi crew. They started building a RICO case against Tony and his crew in the 2nd season but there were some setbacks like all those rats dying, bug in Tony's house neutralized etc. He lasted 7 years as boss on the street which is not so unrealistic considering that he also had a lot of luck. Also, FBI seemed to be more concerned about what was going on in NY, they mention trial against Massino, they brought Johnny Sack and his crew down etc.
