Peter Bistrian, a former Chadds Ford financial adviser, was incarcerated at the Philadelphia Federal Detention Center after a 2006 fraud conviction, writes Jeremy Roebuck for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

During his imprisonment, he found himself routinely ferrying communications among Kaboni Savage, one of Philadelphia’s most notoriously violent drug lords, and his lieutenants. Bistrian was also sharing those messages with federal agents who were building Savage’s death-penalty case, all in exchange for telephone privileges.

But within a month, the arrangement abruptly unraveled when Savage discovered Bistrian was sharing the notes with the guards.

He was attacked. The beating left Bistrian with a dislocated shoulder, broken fingers, cuts across his face and head, and chipped and lost teeth.

Released from prison in 2009, Bistrian is now suing prison officials, whom he blames for blowing his cover and ignoring his warnings about the danger he was in.

Read more about Peter Bistrian in the Philadelphia Inquirer here.

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