The former hit man for a Boston crime family may soon see his sordid life story on the big screen, "GoodFellas"-style, after selling the rights to a Hollywood movie producer -- and the law enforcement agent who helped him cop a plea is not happy with the money deal.
John V. Martorano pleaded guilty in 1999 to killing 20 people in exchange for becoming a government witness. Now he's sold the rights to his mob tale for an undisclosed sum to Graham King of GK Films in Santa Monica, Calif.
"I'm not happy with it at all," said Thomas Foley, the retired Massachusetts State Police colonel who led the investigation that exposed corruption between law enforcement and the Boston mob. "That wasn’t the intention when we went into an agreement with him, that he was going to benefit from the activities he was involved in all those years."
Martorano worked with the Winter Hill Gang, a notorious family lead by James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. Nicknamed "The Executioner," Martorano admitted to federal authorities that he'd killed 20 people after he learned Bulger and Flemmi were FBI informants. Bulger is currently on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, and Flemmi is jailed for life.
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