A meric a “ — “es by Y v7 ve UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REC 62 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ._ ae n In Reply, Please Refer to Los Angeles, California t ) yf File No. . March 27, 1962 fi ALY INFORMATION CONTAINED LE One 1. JINFORMANT'S NAME | DATE Iysofer ssspe MIKE SINGER; aka. | 2, BUREAU FILE NUMBER ~ 13767588. 4 3. CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND EMPLOYMENT aR "For approximately 30. years’ informant was active in the union movement and up until June of 1961 was a business agent for Local 626 of the Teamsters Union in Los Angeles. Informant had the reputation of being 1 HOFFA's West Coast lieutenant. CALLE . Upon leaving the Teamsters Union in June of 1961, informant opened a labor consultant /and public relations (gp office at 9107 Wilshire Boulevard, verly Hills, California, : i“ and in addition to this bysiness, informant. became a close a Fen acquaintance of pai P JfWATHEW. MATHEW is the President.of ied -Tiffancial holding company, as,well’as other _,,¥ financial scrborations throughout athe United S “ates. In a addition, MATHEW owns a Dank in the Bahamas oftwhich the infor- v mt is acquainted with many of the gambling wwegas, Nevada, and is particularly close to APEVINE, of Las Vegas, As a result, informant i NG NG -O obtain information pertaining to the ceva. hk, finances of many of the hoodlums and gamblers affiliated in Ne ae one way or another with Las. Vegas. — 4H, SYMBOL NUMBER ) “Neh. Sonryesialen sna 1350-0 a 8 137: I: 159 25-8 be 5 ‘YATES. OF CONTACT ©  RECOROER “ ark &'¢ APR 25 1962 , Docld: 32307201 Page 2?
November 16, 1961; January 8, 1962; November 20, 1961; January 10, 1962; November 21, 1961; January 12, - 14, 1962; January. 2, 1962; February 19,° 1962 | Informant spends a great deal of time -away from the Los Angeles area and travels throughout the United States constantly. In addition informant makes regular trips to the Bahamas and the Hawaiian Islands, and since the first of the year has made trips to Japan and Europe. As a result it is only possible to contact the informant when he is in Los Angeles. . 6. OUTCOME OF CASES NOT COMPLETED WHEN PREVIOUS SEMI-ANNUAL LETTER. SUBMITTED Not applicable. 7.- SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF INFORMATION FURNISHED Informant has furnished extremely valuab informa-~- and the activities and associates of Because of the nature of the informa by .t ~informant, it has been impossible to verify a great deal of ————* the information furnished through independent investigation NEVADA, and/or inquiry. It is believed that if the information fur- nished by this informant can be developed to the fullest I= LA. extent, that a great deal of information will be developed on the handling and transfer of funds in and out of Las Vegas. CALIF | On November 20, 1964 informant urnished the following information in the case. entitled, ie G08 Las Vegas, Los Angeles file 92-1010. ~—— evi DA-- Informant learned that the owners of the\Dunes Hotel had determined that RIDDLE has been taking from $40,600 To $50,000 per month from hotel funds without the owner's knowledge’ and that there is definite talk that RIDDLE will be eliminated for this embezzlement. Since that date informant has repeatedly advised that the owners of the Dunes Hotel are dissatisfied with RIDDLE and that RIDDLE will be eliminated in one way or another. .._ Costs LAS VEGAS, WEVA G eal been ee re cae: Saat tee wae Bian ee Doclda: 32307201 Page 3
_ e : HEVAD oy contad hoe — Informant advised that SITDNEYAWYMAN formant and advised that he had 4 plan’worked out where JAMES GOTTLIEB would deposit $6,000,000 in a bank having numbered accounts and WYMAN would then borrow 86, 000,000 using GOTTLIEB's deposit as security. WYMAN: indicated that he would then use the $6,000,000 to purchase the Dunes Hotel from GOTTLIEB. As a result of this conversation, informant suspects that GOTTLIEB has access to $6, 000,000 that cannot be shown and is trying'to work something | out to put this money to work, Informant advised on February 19, 1962 that he re- cently overheard a conversation involving GOTTLIEB at which time GOTTLIEB mentioned the fact that the Government had subpoenaed all the books and records of the Central States v7 Teamsters Pension Fund which created a real problem for - HOFFA, GOTTLIEB appeared disturbed over this fact but infor-— mant does not know why. Informant furnished additional infor- mation regarding activities of associates of GOTTLIEB. n January 8, 1962, informant furnished information pel Eras YTTON , President of Lytton Financial Corporations ee" had beaten\up a’ pros itute in the Los Angeles area an that i; the prostitute was planning legal action against LYTTON. The prostitute whose name informant did not know, was. arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department and after agreeing to settle her suit against LYTTON the charges against the prostitute _ were dropped. Informan dicated that the prostitute is now the ev NDR of © OHEN the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas. ™” ae. facts about e@ beating were verified through another source. This information was reported in the case entitled, "BART LYTTON, SM - Cc," Bureau file 100-400169, and Los Angeles file 100-2471, On January 8, 1962, informant advised that on- January 4, 1962, he was sitting in the Sands Hotel with— NIGGY DEVINE at which time an unknown individual was en- — gaged in conversation by DEVINE on two occasions. This un= known individual on the second occasion acknowledged the fact — that he had picked up money at the Fremont Hotel and was deliver- ing it to Phoenix, Arizona. This individual indicated to DEVINE that they were two months in arrears in their payments of the people from Phoenix. Subsequently, informant learned that Docld: 32307201 Page 4
x od : e . CALLE NEVA OO cet Fm this unknown individual was a man @ nanie“Or COLE who is in the advertising business in Beverly Hills. This. infgrma- tion was reported in the case entitled,. "MARVIN, ROBERTYCOLE ; AR," 00: Los Angeles, Bureau file 92-5333, and Los At eS file 92-934, Through another source, it was determined that COLE was in Las Vegas at the time informant met him and also that COLE departed Las Vegas at the time reported by informant and that COLE travelled to Phoenix, Through the other source, however it could not be verified that COLE was carrying funds. aka., The informant furnished the following information on January 8,.1962 and February 19» 1962, which information was reported in the case entitled, "MOVEMENT OF CRIMINAL FUNDS FROM SWITZERLAND AND ISRAEL TO NASSAU, AR;" Los Angeles file 92-1038: “On January 8, 1962, informant advised that he was approached by .a nuinber of Las Vegas gamblers to make a trip to Switzerland and to carry money for these people to Israel and Nassau. Informant made a trip with DEVINE, however no funds were transported during that trip. Informant was able to identify the bank in Geneva and also wae individu andling these funds in Switzerland and learned that CLIRFORD A mMJONES, former lieutenant governor of Nevada, and LEVINSON heid/ five “Der cent of this bank. Informant learned that JONES has a record of all [P, CG, monies of Las Vegas operators on deposit in the Swiss Bank, In- formant learned that JONES and a number of other individuals. are planning a trip to switzerland on or about March 25, 1962, at which time funds are going to be removed from this Swiss Bank to a bank in Nassau. JONES indicated to informant that after this trip, JONES will have approximately $20, 000, 000 available for investment purposes, On February 19, 1962, informant furnished the results of a trip he made through: Europe with DEVINE and furnished circum- stances that occurred during this trip which makes the informant believe that DEVINE was either directly or indirectly responsible for the death of LUCKY LUCIANO. On January 8, 1962, informant furnished the following information which was reported in the case entitled "ALLEGED INFLUENCE OF NEVADA GAMBLING INTERESTS IN WASHINGTONS D. Ces AR," Los.Angeles file 92-1045: 2... oy Docld:323072701 Page 5