

Eddie sent Vito Scaletta to investigate Luca Gurino, who they suspected was involved. In May of 1951 the Clemente Crime Family kidnapped Falcone's accountant, Harvey Epstein and his two body guards, Frankie the Mick and Antonio Balsamo in an attempt to learn more about Falcone's drug operation. He tells Vito to drive to the Old Observatory and the three bury the body in a hole Eddie had dug earlier. Along the way a smell began to permeate the car and Eddie suddenly remembered that Frankie Potts' corpse was in the trunk. Eddie and Joe both end up having way too much fun and booze and decide Vito should drive them home. The three head to the Garden of Eden and spend the night celebrating Vito's homecoming. Two days later Eddie is introduced to Vito Scaletta, best friend of Joe Barbaro, the day he's released from prison. Out of kindness he phones Frankie to inform him of the development, then Eddie heads straight to Frankie's apartment and kills him. On April 8th, 1951, Eddie discovers that Frankie Potts had skimmed some counterfeit money Falcone had printed up to make a drug deal with the Bombers. As a reward for saving his life and taking out Rocco, Falcone promotes Eddie to underboss and gets the Clemente family to back off of Joe. While Eddie waited outside, Joe went in to take care of Rocco, after fighting his way through all his men he finally corners him on the rooftop and throws him off, landing on the street below. When Rocco and his crew attempted to assassinate Carlo Falcone at the Garden of Eden, Eddie and Joe fought them off, then chased Rocco to the Midtown Construction Site. In the summer of 1950 Antonio Balsamo introduces Eddie to Joe Barbaro after his return to Empire Bay, he is impressed with Joe's work for the family and promised to speak with Rocco and Falcone about getting Joe a pass with the Clemente Crime Family.

Rocco was hot tempered and treated Eddie with little respect. Becoming UnderbossĪs a caporegime, Eddie worked for Rocco, underboss of the Falcone family. The two are still close friends, although Carlo secretly views Eddie as a liability due to a poorly concealed drinking problem. He wanted to reward Eddie so he appointed him the owner of the Garden of Eden.

When Carlo assassinated Tomaso Moretti in 1933, he formed the Falcone Crime Family out of what remained. He and Carlo met while smuggling liquor into Empire Bay during Prohibition. Born in 1908 in Tamborra, Eddie fell in with organized crime at an early age. Once a Moretti family hitman, Eddie now runs many of Carlo Falcone's rackets out of The Maltese Falcon restaurant. One of the most dangerous men in Empire Bay, Eddie Scarpa is a jovial sociopath.
