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Veteran actress Anna Bjornsdottir, 57, allegedly got to know Catherine Greig, over the animal which lived near Whitey's Santa Monica apartment, while she stayed at a hotel across the street.
But after she returned home to Reykjavik, she saw a TV report on the one time leader of The Winter Hill Gang and realized that the woman she knew as Carol Gasko, was one in the same.
Now the Boston Globe is reporting that the FBI has paid her $2 million in reward money for the tip off, which led to the arrest of the one time leader of the city's notorious Winter Hill Gang.
Whitey, 80, who was second only to Osama bin Laden on the FBI's 'Most Wanted' list is now facing the death penalty for his alleged role in 19 murders and other crimes as a mobster.
He'd managed to evade capture for over 16-years after fleeing Boston when he heard from a corrupt FBI agent that he was about to be indicted.
It later emerged that officials had used Bulger as an informant for years against other organized crime factions and investigations found, that officers either tolerated or enabled his criminal activities.
Assuming the identity Charles Gasko, he went on the run with galpal Greig, now 60, until they were picked up in a Santa Monica apartment in June.
Officers found a stash of about 30 firearms and $822,000 in cash hidden in the walls, news that shocked their neighbors, who viewed him as a frail old man, no longer strong enough even to accompany his 'wife' on her morning stroll with their dog.
Through her husband, Bjornsdottir declined to comment, but although officials remained tight lipped on their source, they were said were said to be furious that her identity had been revealed.
Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan told the Boston Herald: "It’s unnecessary publicity and unnecessary harassment. There is a huge risk to the (tipster) program, generally, to be able to cultivate informants if their identification is at risk.
“It has a chilling effect.”
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