Neal Caffrey: Con Man

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White Collar is a television drama series. Neal Caffrey is a con man and criminal informant for the FBI. Peter Burke is an FBI agent and Neal’s handler. Throughout the series these two work together going undercover and solving cases. Neal is a huge asset to the FBI. The case close rate has increased drastically since the FBI added Neal to their team. He performs very well at the FBI, but he also continuously performs heists while working for the FBI. Neal may be an very intelligent, successful FBI consultant, but he is identified as a con man. Once a con man, always a con man.
Con man, Neal Caffrey was arrested for bond forgery and theft. He was sentenced to four years. Neal escaped prison months prior to his release in order to look for …show more content…

Peter has been put on suspension because of Neal. Neal may have a bad side some viewers may not agree to, but he uses his charm to appeal to the audience. Neal continuously puts himself in situations that require Peter to come to the rescue. If it weren’t for Peter, Neal would have most likely been caught and charged with multiple crimes. Peter also puts his job as risk, “Serious FBI misconduct relating to the handling of informants can result in criminal prosecution (FBI Misconduct Relating to Informants). For example, special agent John J. Connolly, Jr. was charged with multiple crimes after mishandling his criminal informants, “In June 2002 John J. Connolly, Jr., who served as a Special Agent in the FBI's Boston office and handled complex organized crime investigations, was convicted following a jury trial of racketeering, obstruction of justice, and making false statements arising from his mishandling of FBI informants Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi” (United States v. Connolly). In September 2002 FBI agent John Connolly, Jr. was sentenced to 10 years in prison for racketeering, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to investigators. If Peter wasn’t careful, he could of ended up like John J. Connolly

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