Fotios "Freddy" Geas (born April 4, 1967) is an American criminal and an associate of the Genovese crime family, based in New York City.
He is a former Mafia hitman and gang enforcer operating out of Springfield, Massachusetts and often worked with his brother Ty Geas.
Geas is accused of having orchestrated the 2018 murder of Winter Hill Gang mobster Whitey Bulger in prison, and was charged in relation to the incident in August 2022.
[1] His trial was scheduled to begin in December 2024, but in May 2024, he made an undisclosed plea deal with the U.S. attorney's office in the Northern District of West Virginia.
[9] Correctional officers had warned Congress just days before the most recent Hazelton death that facilities were being dangerously understaffed.
[15] In June 2024, prosecutors dropped the charge that McKinnon was involved in the slaying, and he pled guilty to lying to the FBI about whether he knew the other two men; he was sentenced to 22 months time served and was released.