i. | ' JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information } AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10207-10127 RECORD SERIES: HQ «© | AGENCY FILENUMBER: 62-9-29-725 t . Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI ‘ FROM: SAC,MM ; TO: DIRECTOR, FBI ' , TITLE: DATE: 09/30/1963 ' PAGES: 3 : SUBJECTS : . CIP, GAMBLING, RACK AND SUBV, ACT i DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 * CURRENTSTATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/30/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 |NW 45760 Docid: 32291351 Page i Date: 4/28/201
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 SO10-108 .. UNITED STATES GO tNMENT ( 3 a , ~ i “Memorandum To: DIRECTOR, FBI (&3%=795d,) DATE: 9/30/63 é Re Chicago airtel to the Bureau dated 87/27/65 wherein information is set forth, as received from CG °.- | 6538-C-TF, that one TAGIRFOSNER, described as-a New Efe 2, | York and Miami gamb s "shaken down" for fifty <== thousand dollars by the FISCHETTI brothers, ROC of I | Chicago and JOSEP Miami. | a5 Che; Bes che LA Fal “The .8/7/ Ssue o e "Miami Daily News," a daily newspaper, carried a list of 67 local "hoodlums" released by Miami Mayor ROBERT KING HIGH: HIGH's source for the list was given as "the most responsible law ~ enforcement source." HIGH made his release, according to the article, after JOSEPH VALACHI, described as an imprisoned mobster," Said in a magazine article that:Miami is a"open city," where the "families" which have allotted areas elsewhere can operate the rackets; for tourists. ‘The name of JACK POSNER, 1611 West Avenue, Miami Beach, described as a gambler with a New York background, appears on this list. No photograph of POSNER accompanied the article, A search of the Miami files reveals the following information: In 1951, one JACK POSNER, not further identified, was reported me the operator of a handbook in Miami Beach with SA | CARLO, FBI Number 313 235. : Felt, ~ new @: Chicago (137-4137) (Ene. 1) we b2-9-AT- JA? (5) pl & 25 OCT 2 196 b sOCT9 1963 ; Serre me I Tal ee ae ee eS ee “NW 45760 DocId:32291351 Page 2 FROM, /: SAC, MIAMI. (92-615) (RUC) | sWpfedr: Cérummnan Inte LIGENCE PROGRAM _ | CHICAGO DIVISION 44 1 : peas é Ay | | 00: . CHICAGO . bE ost Hh Le pe . Oo | a ae
MM’ 92-615 | | In 1955, one JACK POSNER, not further identified, was reported to be a New York bookmaker currently working at the Tropical Park Race Track. “In 1958, MM 509- C-TE advised that JACK POSNER, . OTHER 4 a bookmaker, was hiding out in Las Vegas, Nevada, — as he owed $150,000 in gambling debts in Miami Beach. In May, 1962, information was received from the office of the Florida Attorney General that one JACK POSNER, not further identified, was operating | a handbook in Miami Beach, In January, 1963, information was received: that one JACK POSNER was reported to be in regular ~ attendance at the Sunshine Park Race Track in Tampa,. Florida. Shortly prior to 1/22/62, one JACK’ POSNER’ was arrested by the Internal Revenue Service, Miami, for violation of Federal Wagering Tax Laws. One photograph of this individual is enclosed herewith for the Chicago Office. PCI vised that one JACK POSNER was an associate of A ROWN, a well known 44, gambler, . On 9/11/63, SA FRED W. DOERNER, JR. made a check of the records of the Identification Division, Miami Beach Police Department, which revealed that ‘ one JACK POSNER, FBI Number 2649497, Miami Beach Police Department Number A7517; has a record with that department. No descriptive data or other information appears in the file, which, according to information received at the time the check was made, had been inadvertently destroyed. ‘ - 2- “NW 45760 DocId:32291351 Page 3