JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 identification Form eee AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy Assassination Records FBI 124-10347-10047 oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 45920 Date: 11-17-2017 HQ CR 92-2973-38 TTT ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45920 DBocld:32316427 Document Information FBI LA HQ 04/14/1958 69 JAMES PLUMERI PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 10(a)2; 11(a) Redact 10/29/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS RPT; TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES la-ld Page 1
Report Form : y C)\ a= - FD-72 (6-12-55) Cy) an FEDERAt BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES 4/14/58 3/1 - 4/4/58 TILE OF CASE ; REPORT MADE BY FRA DESIMONE, was., CHARLES E, STINE (A) Pronwpe Simone, CHARACTER OF CASE Frank;Desimond, FranksDesemond FrankDesmond ANTI -RACKETEERING Neighbors, friends, and business associates report subject's whereabouts unknown. On 3/3/58 a $525 payment on subject's ys $6300 note at U. S. National Bank, San Diego, California, made - w See Res by SAMIRQUEENSTERO. Subject obtained $15, 000 from GRACO half s r, during 1957. § wo —— ; _ — Pn ae =n: cohol Tax and Tobacco Unit, 7. S, Treasury "Department, also investigating subject. Subpoena outstanding for subject to appear before Federal Grand Jury, SDNY. Federal Narcotics Bureau, Los Angeles, attempting to locate subject to serve subpoena. Telephone call from subject!s New York hotel room 11/13/57 traced to telephone of ELVI ARGUILO, girl friend of JAN Se; . alias JIMMYSQOYLE, a York top hoodlum. No chang&.in . subject's known bank accounts. Handwriting and hand Pp int ng ae specimens obtained. REVIEWED Bi SS VIEWED B ok I ORCE HELEASE ri CI RELEASE tN PART SPECIAL. AGENT JN CHARGE COPIES MADE: -_ REWEWED BY Fan aenEK HR aa aan DN olulas Do ——X - 128 EX. 1238 ae ) RELCABE IN QhigG eee 3 RELEASE IN PART ay wy va _ DE, wd vr. . KE wa ; FOR Revit nic bind Rene tos 6 O AY Ts 1958 TO Koen RE ieuesi CALED OU hed 22 1908 (SE. cofiLE G2-117299) u. Ss. coveRNient PRINTING OFFICE 16—60637-4 ron euinetrmmesnsyriee as ere iide Hw 45920 DoclId:32316427 Page 2?
LA 92-107 INFORMANTS, CONTINUED SYMBOL NUMBER INFORMANT AGENT TO WHOM FURNISHED T-9 Not utilized (penne sees, T-10 CSLA 2 SE JAMES L, MAHAN T-11 GERALD K. SORENSON, CHARLES E, STINE (A) Assistant Cashier, Bank of America, Florence - Vermont ranch, Los Angeles T-12 VIC DENISI, Los CHARLES E, STINE (A) Angeles County District Attorney Investigator T-13 G, F, GILLESPIE, CHARLES E, STINE (A) Chief Clerk, 48th - Western Branch, Bank of America, Los Angeles ee FIRK Act 6 (4) p14 od a foo Immigration Counsellor “ Tijuana, B.C., Mexico T-15 SD 886-cC Tijuana, B.C., Mexico ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE - 53 - HW 459270 DoclId:32316427 Page 4
LA 92-107 ADMINISTRATIVE CRIMINAL INFORMANT COVERAGE Informants Utilized to Date LA 3445-¢ LA 3923-C SD 886-c Potential Criminal Informants Utilized to Date “DAN SCARIANO - travel agent through whom subject arranges travel. : a (4) [________—id- Los Angeles restaurateur.--at friend of Subject as well as other top hoodlums. HENRY MILANO - family friend. LT immigration counsellor, Tijuana, B. C., Mexico, [sd tt juan, B.C., Mexico. ADRIAN SCOGGIN - New York Potential Criminal Informant who knows "VICKIE" GARGUILO. Contemplated Additional Informant Coverage ae OE Ee Se te ormant voverage Mrs. NORMAN HARUET - Neighbor and close friend of subject's sister, HARUET (nee ELEANOR FARMER) worked as FBI Clerk at soa.) GENE LEMONS - Operates Trash Disposal Service covering subject's residence. HUGO GEHLING - Landlord. Will provide access to residence. ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE -~ 54 - Docld: 32316427 Page 5
TA 92-107 —_ no ; MIAME OFFICE : - / AT TAMPA, FLORIDA . 7 Will continue ‘to hold this case in.a pending status . until the subject's whereabouts are known and until that time will arrange to periodically contact Dr. A, P, PERZIA and the DIE CIDUE brothers, FRANK and ANTHONY. These persons were friendly with the subject, at the time of his eye operation ‘. and recuperation during November, 1957 - January, 1958. NEW YORK ‘OFFICE a . ( Be -_ AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK ae -  1,° Will maintain contact with the office ‘of the United States Attorne southern District.of New York, and. report results of| —s-Jappearance Pore . -the Federal Grand Jury investigating apartment, 156 West 20th Street, New York City. oceeseee ~ JEK Law 10(a)2 ¥, 2. Will maintain contact with Dr. VITO La ROCCA, 30 Park Avenue, and Mr. MARIO T, TAGLIAGAMBE to determine it the subject's whereabouts is known to them. 3. Will display photograph of subject and YOLANDA. GARGUILO, FBI Number 5051782, to PCI ADRIAN SCOGGIN, and determine if she is identical with "VICKIE" GARGUILO, and also if subject has been observed recently at GARGUILO's: 4, Will-review the reports submitted to date in the "subject case (FRANK DESIMONE). and compare information submitted f HW 45920 therein with the results of investigation on JAMES PLUMERI, described as a New York Office.top hoodlum in New York letter to Los Angeles dated March 18, ‘1958. If there appears to be a mutuality of associates, so advise, ’ ; —— 5.° Will maintain contact with the office of. the. United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, and report service or cancellation of the subpoena issued by that office for to appear before a special grand jury investigating (The Federal Narcotics Bureau has been requested to serve this, subpoena.) * ADMINISTRATIVE PACE a te Docld:32316427 Page 6 sl gab:
LA 92-107 5. Will interview Mrs. PATRICK GAVIN, 4134 Lymer Drive, concerning the subject and his position in the "Mafia". She is the widow of GIROLAMO "MoMo" ADAMO, and it has been reported that she and the subject were amorously inclined toward each other prior to "MOMO's" suicide. 6. Will review reports submitted to date in this _(DESIMONE) case with the results of investigation of other hoodlums of Sicilian extraction active in the San Diego area. In the event there appears to be a mutuality of friends or interests so advise, Setting forth a summary of such information. {. Will attempt to determine the identities of the children of SALVATORE VITALE and consider the advisability of contacting them for information concerning the death of their father, In the event of contacts with members of the VITALE family, they should not be limited to a discussion of how DESIMONE fits into the "Mafia" picture in San Diego, but should include reference to other known San Diego and Los Angeles top hoodlums. In connection with this lead, see the last paragraph of Page 42 of the report. jORK Bow © (A) - Will maintain contact with PCI (T-14) and attempt to develop information on the subject and other top hoodlums of Sicilian ancestry through his contacts with FABIO Di GREGORIO. SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 1. Will identify the subscribers to telephone numbers SK 1-9834 and SK 1-1237, called January 2l, 1958, from a telephone available to SAM BOMPENSTIERO. -2, Will, incidental to the investigation of JAMES LANZA and J. CERRITO, who may have attended the Apalachin meeting, bear in mind the fact that FRANK DESIMONE's whereabouts are unknown and the possibility that he may be in the San Francisco area, In the past he has telephoned LANZA. ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE -~ 60 -