By: Sarah Rahal, Shelley Murphy, Travis Andersen
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Shelley Murphy is a reporter at the Boston Globe. An investigative journalist, she focuses on law and legal affairs, particularly exposing wrongdoing in corporate fraud, financial crimes, and insider trading, while also covering organized crime in Boston since the 1980s. Murphy is featured in STAT News, Alexandria Times, and The Boston Globe, and is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book “Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice.”
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