Fredo Volpe

Type	CHARACTER
Fredo Volpe
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto IV
Biographical information
Full name	Fredo Volpe
Date of birth	1966
Place of birth	Dukes, Liberty City
Main affiliation	Messina Family
Physical description
Gender	Male

Fredo Volpe is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, mentioned in the LCPD Database in Grand Theft Auto IV.

Fredo Volpe is a capo in the Messina Family who has been a police informant since 1998. His LCPD profile states that he has collected thousands of hours of wire tap evidence. He is the brother of fellow capo Mark Volpe, who was believed to have sliced the tongue from a Messina member for hinting that Fredo was a possible informant.

LCPD Database record

Surname: Volpe First Name: Fredo Age: 42 Place of Birth: Dukes, Liberty City Affiliations: Messina Crime Family Criminal Record: 1982 - Accessory to Murder 1983 - Possession Controlled Substance: Heroin 1985 - Armed Robbery 1986 - Armed Robbery 1993 - Extortion 1995 - Grand Larceny 1998 - Possession Controlled Substance: Tranquilizers Notes: Police informant since 1998. Has collected thousands of hours of wiretap evidence. Should be enough to bring down the entire Messina Syndicate when arrests are made in the new year. Younger brother of Mark Anthony Volpe. Another Capo in the Messina family. Agreed to become an informant when evidence of plot by senior family members to castrate him was revealed.

Trivia

• The name "Volpe" means "fox" in Italian, which is quite ironic due his sneaky actions (informing the police).
• His first name is likely ispired by the character Fredo Corleone played by John Cazale in The Godfather series of films. His surname may have been inspired by Albert Volpe a crime boss played by Carmine Caridi in The Godfather Part III.
• In GTA Chinatown Wars, Rudy D'Avanzo found out that there was an informant in the ranks, but sent the assassin, Huang Lee after the wrong man - Jimmy Capra.
• It is possible that Fredo and his brother are based on cousins Frank and Edward Lino who were both Capos in the Mafia, one of which, Frank, turned informant against Bonanno boss Joe Massino in 2006.