Larry Raviv
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Larry Raviv was a fellow federal prisoner of John Kiriakou, convicted of murder-for-hire.

The crime

Raviv owed the mob $100,000 in gambling debts he could not pay. He took out a life insurance policy on his business partner and hired a hitman to kill him. Both men were caught; Raviv negotiated a 20-year sentence, down from what would normally be life without parole, by testifying against the hitman, who died of a heart attack while awaiting his extradition trial.

Conflict with Kiriakou

After Kiriakou was summoned to the prison lieutenant's office for a Jake Tapper interview, Raviv called him a "rat" within earshot of another inmate, Truck. Kiriakou retaliated by telling Truck that Raviv had called Truck a pedophile. Truck, without a word, walked over and beat Raviv unconscious, fracturing his skull and requiring a helicopter medevac.

See also

- John Kiriakou
- FCI Loretto
