. Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collectton Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: dip Adnan, No. 10 . : ° ° ° af ck, MAY 1962 EDITION Sr wee 8 “Sa FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 . a a - UNITED, STATES or ‘RNMENT - a a ae \Y _ - Memorandum oe \ DIRECTOR, FBI (163-17380) DATE: 2/17/67 S . $§AC, MIAMI (163-351) (RUC) 4 dd ; ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED | | O , HEREIN sy CLASSIFIED PEDRO JOSE TORRES VELASQUEZ  PATEJ/W/13_ py : FPC . | ? | Re Bulet, 1/20/67. if Enclosed for the Bureau are six copies of an LHM, dated as above, and captioned "PEDRO JOSE TORRES. VELASQUEZ". Also enclosed for the Bureau are 22 documents provided by TORRES, bearing the numbers 1 through 22, and a typed statement prepared and signed by TORRES, These items are for transmittal | to the Italian government. Warning and Waiver Forms concerning the interviews of \SAM BENTON and the first interview of TORRES are filéd in Miami file 87-23127, and the form ee for the second interview with TORRES is filed in | Miami file 71-420. The Bureau should note that. TORRES and - _ BENTON are the subjects of a number of Miami files in swindle type cases, the details of which would not be pertinent to the investigation requested. by the Italian government. SAM BENTON was interviewed by SA RONALD TODD and SA ROBERT L. WILSON. The first interview of TORRES was conducted by SA. TODD and WILSON and - the second interview by SA JOHN P, LENIHAN and SA WILSON. Permission for dissemination of INS material was granted by INS Investigations Supervisor WALTER O'KON, 4 The INS file of AORRES was reviewed by SA JOHN E, BYRNES, ig peer’ Z- [TZ ye —_— @>- Bureau (Ené: ONC SURE 1 -—- Miami (opne— oy in yr A Ak i BC Aor) jhe7 2 & Z. “Gi Warps Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Re pie ee é th Biyroll Savings Plan Tl 5010-108-01 Doclda: 32307175 Page 2?
Bazed under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act DATE: 11-14-2017 : na . . * . fea] y ~ ~ RE: PEDRO JOSE TORRES VELASQUEZ to be’ originals, because: First the Italian Goverment will never let them to be exported, and second all Burope would of being fighting to obtain them for their musseums. From this statement I amd under'the impression that all this paintings are false & imitations, and Mr. Ranchella and Mr. Lorenzi were only out to take the money from the letter of credit and that was it. Thanks God that the letter of credit was not funded, because if at this moments we are having troubles to have Ranchella return the letters of credit, that do. not belong to him, suppose how difficult will be to have those bandits return the cash.- Also attached as atached #22 several letters, cables, etc. that will hel to coraborate what I have said. "'/s/ Pedro Rivera Torres "Witnessed: "/s/ Robert L. Wilson, Special Agent FBI, Miami, 2/16/67 "/s/ John P, Lenihan Special Agent FBI Miami, Fla. 2/16/67" \ of SamXBenton, as obtained from the FBI Identification \Z The following is the identification record of sank under FBI No. 3967754: Contributor of. Name & Arrested or ' Fingerprints Number Received Charge Disposition Canal Zone Police Samuel 6-25-39 vio Immg Reg 7-10-39 ‘Balboa Héights  ~einkeliian (stowaway) placed on SS in ene eee ‘ alamanca ~ cana? zone - SAMUEK FIM peurey - for Havana . Army [f° -- SamuelARink 6/20/42 — -y #31117079 . 4K | 03202 Doclda: 32307175 Page 3
Bele ased inder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (ait Use FI0T ho DATE: 11-14-2017 : rn e. 7 N ‘RE; PEDRO JOSE TORRES VELASQUEZ Contributor of Name & Arrested or Fingerprints Number + Received Charge Disposition USINS-AR Samuel 10-2-44 ; Finklelman ~ #3875433 DCGO . Samuel Fink appl lst ND #01-6-39482 prt rec Boston Mass ” 3-2-45 PD oe Samuel Fink appl Ft Lauderdale Benton prt rec Fla 5-22-47 USINS-AR Szmul 3-31-44 _ Finklelman #3875433 On February 3, 19 67, an examination was made > of the files of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service: (INS) at Miami, Flo number A11241356 on Pedro J file disclosed the followin Name Dates of Birth Place of Birth Father Mother Height Eyes Hair Address since December 23, 1966 Docld: 32307175 Page 4 rida, concerning their file ose Torres Velasquez. This g information: Pedro Jose Torres Velasquez | July 22, 1924 July 22, 1923 Higuerote, Venezuela Pedro Jose Torres Victoria Velasquez . 5' 1o¢' . Dark Black. Apartment 6D ~ Brickell Town House Miami, Florida, ) ! 7 Yr \st2- fer
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (a7 Us Vio7 rate el. DATE: it 14-2017 / , _RE: PEDRO JOSE TORRES VELASQUEZ Torres has formerly resided as follows: 4/4/58 - Casablanca Hotel Miami Beach, Florida , 7/28/60 - Miami Colonial Hotel Miami, Florida 4/5/63 -— Hotel San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico 5/17/63 ~ Hotel San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico. 7/64 - Everglades Hotel. Miami, Florida 8/18/64 ~ 28 West San Marino Drive Miami Beach, Florida 3/65 - Room 308 Hotel Everglades Miami, Florida 7/28/65 ~- 28 West San Marino Drive Miami Beach, Florida 8/16/65. - 936 Brickell Avenue . 7 | Miami, Florida The INS file indicated a warrant of arrest was issued for Torres September 29, 1965, warrant number 1797, for the misdemeanor of swindling the Venezuelan ° Loan Company of four million bolivars. The place of issuance of the warrant was not shown, | ~ 9* . Sd yoR3 ye. bot cee “ wee eee ee ee cee a a ee ] Doclda: 32307175 Page 5