Who is Gary Alford?

Gary Alford, a special agent with the I.R.S., pored over old blog posts and chat room logs that led, eventually, to Dread Pirate Roberts. Cole Wilson for The New York Times But Mr. Alford also detected the sort of organizational frictions that have hindered communication between law enforcement agencies in the past.

How long did it take Gary Alford to gather evidence?

It ultimately took Gary Alford more than three months to gather enough evidence for colleagues to take his suspect seriously. Cole Wilson for The New York Times Gary L. Alford was running on adrenaline when he arrived for work on a Monday in June 2013, at the Drug Enforcement Administration office in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

Who was Alford's gangster?

The story that resonated with Mr. Alford most strongly was that of the tax agent Frank J. Wilson, who brought down the gangster Al Capone, but who was forgotten in the movie versions of the investigation, which tended to focus on Eliot Ness, the flashier Bureau of Prohibition agent.