That's exactly what I was thinking. If he didn't have the name recognition or the record, it appears that he would be a blip in this. I wonder what "compounding cream" is??

I won't even bother commenting about his relationships with the other families. No one knows how shallow or deep they were. The indictment does say that Parello gave the rat guy permission to work with Merlino; it doesn't YET say that they were best buddies. The tapes will tell, eventually.