JFK Assassination System Date: 6/1/2015 Identification Form Agency Information Released under the John RECORD NUMBER:  124-90030-10056 hssassination Records ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ : (44 USC 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 45674 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 166-4028-4 | Hi—-16-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: i DATE: 07/14/1969 PAGES: 99 SUBJECTS : MAURICE MEDLEVINE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS : — 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 05/13/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: RPT } v9 | WW 45874 Docld: 32324601 Page 1
(> LA 166-1875 _ ADMINISTRATIVE AUSA, DAVID R. NISSEN, Chief of Office of Special Prosecution, USA! s Office, Los Angeles,. has been contacted ““pégarding this matter as set forth in the details of this - report. AUSA,NISSEN is considering calling.a FGJ to hear testimony in this matter. In view of the background of the individuals involved, AUSA NISSEN feels that more can be ~ gained through a FGJ probe. AUSA NISSEN has been unable — ° to proceed with a FGJ because of his heavy work schedule which already includes Several FGI investigations including the s¢csion FGJ case captioned "JOHN ROSELLI, aka; ET AL — SCRIBE REPORTING SERVICE, ET AL ITAR.- GAMBLING; OOS - CONSPIRACY" Bufile 166- 3200, The indictment in ‘this ; case is expected on 7/24/69. —— CSLA 4659-C advised SA AMEDEE 0. RICHARDS, JR. that on approximately the 17th or 18th of October he was registered at the Continental Plaza in Chicago and that BENJAMIN DOBSON and TOM SHAHEEN were also registered at oS “the same hotel. SHAHEEN, according. to the informant, represents the pension fund of the Barber's and Beautician! s Union and had been attempting to negotiate a loan for DALTON SMITH. The full name of the pension fund which SHAHEEN — Frppesents is the Journeymen Barber's International Pension Fund. = While at the notel informant stated. that DALTON SMITH arrived from New York and advised that FRENCHY .MEDLEVINE and LEO OGUL were coming to Chicago and. that they had made a collection for him in New York. oo o———-Source advised: that: he left Chicago before FRENCHY MEDLEVINE and LEO arrived there and went to New York: with, BENJAMIN DOBSON where they registered at the Regency Hotel. They were later joined at this hotel by DALTON SMITH and ALVIN BUBIS of Los Angeles. While registered. at the Regency Hotel, which informant believes was just a ' few days prior to Thanksgiving, MEDLEVINE and OGUL came ‘to the room and in the Presence of SMITH, .BUBIS and " . DOBSON and himself talked about having madé a collection from EMIL TUCKER in New York and indicated that they had slapped TUCKER around. From what sourcé'éould learn -B-e- COVER -PAGE , HW 45374 DoclId: 323274601 Page 2?
LA 166-1875 through the conversation he stated that the ‘apparent object , .of their contact with TUCKER was to get back some stock that DOBSON had given TUCKER for collateral. Source stated that he was unable to gain from the conversation whether or not they had been successful in their purpose. Later source stated that he learned from DALTON SMITH that he had _ received a telephone call in New Orleans from MEDLEVINE or --OGUL in which he, SMITH, had been threatened by the caller. 7 Apparently from what SMITH said, source believed that OGUL and MEDLEVINE were not satisfied with the money that SMITH had paid them for their collection on TUCKER,. Source stated that. he did not know the location from which the e¢all to SMITH had been made. Source stated that he believed from “his conversation with SMITH that OGUL and MEDLEVINE had contacted TUCKER a second time to get. additional money but that SMITH had told TUCKER not to give | OGUL or MEDLEVINE | any additional money. so LA BOLO: -~C-TE advised 3/24/69, that he had received a telephone call from LEO OGUL, who is currently out on bond on a Federal hijacking violation, Informant stated | ; | that.OGUL told him that he, OGUL, had some money coming to him from New York on a bond deal and that his share in this matter amounted to $12,000.  OGUL advised that he wished -to talk to the informant and told -him that he would call him ina day or two. Informant stated that when he talks to OGUL, he will get full details concerning this matter and furnish this information.’ . . LA 5040- “C-fE advised on 4/4/69, that he had received a phone call from LEO OGUL as previously reported and that he had met with OGUL concerning the bond or stock deal that OGUL had talked to him about over the telephone. Informant stated that OGUL advised him that the stock in. this transaction was worth $180,000. -OGUL advised the ..4§nformant that somebody, who he did not identify, had brought the stock to him, OGUL, for OGUL to dispose of. . The stock originally belonged to a woman who  Qied and then it passed to‘her son who also died and the affairs of the deceased woman and son were being handled by the estate. Whoever obtained this stock apparently ~obtained it illegally from the estate as, according to what OGUL advised the informant, the estate was not aware a of the fact that the stock was missing until some time after it had been delivered to OGUL and disposed of. -C- COVER PAGE . HW 45374 Docld:32324601 Page 3
LA 166- 1875 | a Oe Lo | Informant stated-that ocuL advised him that he had ‘then contacted a stockbroker in New York by the name of E, ......—LUCKER.who.had.offices at 36th and Lexington in New York City. TUCKER has business telephone number 532-7983 and - nome telephone number 336-3736. Informant stated that oS, TUCKER, in turn, contacted LOU GREENBERG of New York to — i _ dispose of the stock, and GREENBERG sold- the stock and 7 | gave the money to- "TUCKER. —— Later OGUL stated to the informant that there was a "rumble on the deal" and theestate of the deceased woman and son contacted an attorney by the name of JANET _ VINCENT in New York who traced the stolen stock.  OGUL, in turn, contacted a Los Angeles attorney by the name of AL GREEN, who, according to OGUL, charged him $2,500 as he, GREEN, was able to “cool the deal" through the attorney, . JANET VINCENT, in New York, OGUL stated to the informant that TUCKER ‘owed him $12,800.as a final payment on OGUL'sshare of the stock plus the $2, 500 that went to attorney AL GREEN to keep the deal quiet. OGUL stated that he went to New York and TUCKER did not want to talk to him about the deal. While in New York, TUCKER sent two individuals to visit OGUL to tell him to forget about the deal. OGUL stated that these individuals were JOE D and ALBIE D who operate a card room in Brooklyn, New York, and work for GAMBINO (CARLO — GAMBINO), a "boss" in the New York area. OGUL had two telephone numbers for these individuals, one of which was supposed to be a business telephone and the other a - ; | ; -residence telephone. Informant did not know which. number was for which location, but indicated that the two numbers in -New York were 331- -8749 and 259-9732. Informant. stated | that OGUL had made previous trips to get money from . So | -PUCKER with FRENCY MEDLEVINE and when. OGUL was visited by 7 “the” D- brothers, mentioned to them his connection with DONJO MEDLEVINE in Chicago. Informant stated that FRENCHY MEDLEVINE was very upset about OGUL having mentioned his brother's name. . Informant stated that when OGUL originally obtained: the $180, 000 worth of stock that he took it. to New York to ‘—E, TUCKER. Informant stated that he did not know how OGUL knew TUCKER or what the connection between these two individuals was, ) -D- | COVER PAGE . HW 45374 Docld:32324601 Page 4