Sighting of Crime Kingpin in O.C. Was Bogus, FBI Says
The FBI said a report that a reputed Boston crime boss may be in Orange County proved to be erroneous.
A tipster had reported seeing Catherine E. Greig, girlfriend of James “Whitey” Bulger, in a Fountain Valley hair salon after the couple were profiled Jan. 29 on the TV show “America’s Most Wanted.” A Los Angeles FBI statement Tuesday said the sighting had been confirmed.
But Boston FBI spokesman Jay Grant said Wednesday that Greig had not been seen after all. “It wasn’t Greig. . . . It was an individual resembling Greig and not Greig,” Grant said.
Bulger, 70, is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List. He was indicted in 1995 on racketeering and extortion charges, and Greig, 49, was charged in 1997 with harboring a federal fugitive. Bulger is suspected of controlling a crime organization in Boston that is closely associated with the Mafia. He is also a suspect in 20 unsolved killings, the Los Angeles FBI statement said.
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