Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 Agency Information AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: . TO: TITLE: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : ur v9.1 Docld: 32330865 Page 1 DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : JFK Assassination System Identification Form FBI 124-90093-10071 HQ 92-8100-34 Document [nformation FBI NO HQ 01/25/1968 6 NOFIO PECORA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified Consulted; 4 Redact 07/16/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF SBA RPT, REFERRED TO SBA 17 Date: 6/8/2015
“Released under. the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44° 1ST TI0T Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 . FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-5 9) ogy ts r . Copy to: Report of: Date: 7 ~ UNI;2D STATES DEPARTMENT OF JL27ICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . 1 - United States Attorney, New Orleans, Louisiana SA PATRICK Ji: COLLINS, JR: Office: New Orleans January 25, 1968 Field Office File #: NO 92-603 Bureau File #: 92—8100 Title: Character: Synopsis: NOFIO PECORA _ ANTI-RACKETEERING NO T-1 believes subject is a member of La Cosa Nostra (LCN). The Small Business Administration, New Orleans, La., does not believe PECORA can be prosecuted for misuse of proceeds of Small Business Administration loan, - Pp. DETAILS: LA COSA NOSTRA NO T-1 advised on November 8, 1967, that he believes that NOFIO PECORA is a member of the La Cosa Nostra (LCN). NO T-1 stated that this group is better known in the New Orleans area as the Black Hand Society. NO T-1 stated that this is generally accepted as a fact in the Italian community of New Orleans. NO T-1 further stated that another individual known as "TUTTI" PAPA is a member of the LCN and is somehow related to PECORA, ACTIVITIES As previously reported, PECORA has possibly visited Los Angeles, California, to see his brother-in-law, D* ALTON SMITH. ; This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to : your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. : Docld: 32330865 Page 3
elearet-under the John F. “Kennedy Assazeination Records Collectio | DATE: 11-14-2017 n & _ : ¢ and ad cf . ee rag NO 92-603 PJC:pd On November 7, 1967, the records of the Los Angeles Police Department were checked by IC MILLARD T: ANDERSON but no record was located for NOFIO PECORA, ONIOFRIO PECORARO, or FRANCES SMITH PECORA, On November 14, 1967, the records of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office were checked by IC MILLARD T ANDERSON but no record was located on NOFIO PECORA, ONIOFRIO PECORARO, or FRANCES SMITH PECORA‘;: On November 7, 1967, the records of the Retail Merchants Credit Association at Los Angeles were checked by IC BERNARD Py BLAIS but no record was located for NOFIO PECORA, ONIOFRIO PECORARO, or FRANCES SMITH PECORA. Frequent spot checks of subject's place of business, the Tropical Motor Court, 6507 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, Louisiana, during November and December, 1967, and January, 1968, by SA PATRICK J% COLLINS, JR., reflected that subject usually arrives at his office about 10:00 a.m. each morning and usually departs at about 3:30 p.m. each afternoon, RELATIVES NO T-2 advised on November 22, 1967, that NOFIO PECORA's wife has. a brothey, who is a contractor, who ran for some type of state office in Louisiana in November, 1967, NO T-2 stated that he believed this relative lost his race. FINANCES oo On January 23, 1968, Mr. MARCEL ABADIE, Supervisory Loan Officer, Small Business Administration, 124 Camp Street, * New Orleans, Louisiana, advised that NOFIO PECORA has met his $910 a month mortgage obligation promptly ever since he borrowed $210,000 from the Small Business Administration. Mr. ABADIE stated ~in= PECORA's case the only possible charge the Small Business Administration could. file would be "misuse. of proceeds."" As a matter of policy when this is determined by the Small Business Administration, it is referred to their Washington, D; Cs, office, Docld: 32330865 Page 4
feleased under ; Bssassination Records Collection Act-of 1997 (44 Us 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 tat So a . # NO 92-603 PJC:pd Mr. ABADIE stated that in the case of PECORA, even i though he built a much larger and more modern building than was destroyed in Hurricane Betsy, it would be very difficult to show an intent: to misuse the proceeds of his loan, particularly in view of the fact that he is promptly repaying his loan and that he has 100 percent occupancy on the building he built with Government funds. MISCELLANEOUS Mrs. VERDE CRENSHAW, Passport Office, Department of State, advised SA KENNETH J HASER on January 16, 1968, that a search had been made of the files of that office but no record of a passport application by subject could be located, 3 L Docld: 32330865 Page 5