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guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the FBI. As agent-in-charge of the FBI's Long Island office ~ Good was, at all times, the supervising agent for Abscam. ., Initially, Weinberg worked directly under special agent John McCarthy who later was replaced by special agent Anthony Amoroso. Both McCarthy and Amoroso worked undercover with Weinberg. , 7 The general pattern of the "scam" or "sting operation reflected Weinberg's earlier theme of representing wealthy Arab interests who had large sums of cash available for business opportunities in this country. When operating outside the law in Huntington, Long Island as London Inves- tors, Weinberg's method had been a "front-end scam" for real estate investment wherein he would promise to obtain large loans. for his victims and pick-up “appraisal” or "processing" fees of several thousand dollars, but. without ever producing the final loans. Although not identical to London Investors, the . initial plan developed by Weinberg and the FBI was. similar. Weinberg was to present himself as a business agent for "Abdul Enterprises", an organization backed by two extremely -wealthy Arab sheiks looking for American outlets for their ‘cash. He would pass the word of big money available for — deals to other con men and people who move between the legitimate and illegitimate. If criminal proposals appeared,