Unlike other members of his gang, De Pedis possessed a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

While other members squandered their earnings, he invested his illicit proceeds (in construction companies, restaurants, boutiques, etc.).

[3] In 2009, the Rome prosecutor's offices investigated why De Pedis was entombed in the Vatican-owned basilica.

[4] According to the former Banda della Magliana member Antonio Mancini, speaking in 2011,[5] this was a reward to De Pedis for his role in persuading other members to stop the strikes (including Orlandi's kidnapping) that the gang was making against the Vatican in order to force the restitution of large amounts of money they had lent to the Vatican Bank through Roberto Calvi's Banco Ambrosiano.

[6] In June 2012, De Pedis' corpse was finally removed from the church, cremated and the ashes dissolved in the sea.