 One of the most significant pieces of information provided by Johnson was how The Vario Crew was avoiding FBI wiretaps and bugs.The crew was using a parked trailer in a junkyard owned by Paul Vario in Brooklyn.Johnson also provided the FBI with information on a largescale narcotics ring, run by John Gotti and others, called the "Pleasant Avenue Connection"; revealed that Gotti and Angelo Ruggerio had murdered Florida mobster Anthony Plate; and gave details on the murder of James McBratney, the man who kidnapped Emanuel Gambino.