Released under the John F. Rennedy Bssassination Records collection oct of 199? (44 0st YiurT Hote;. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form * ‘Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10297-10112 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-2380, 2381 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: SAC, BU TITLE : DATE: 08/13/1968 “PAGES : 3 SUBJECTS : LCN, SECURITIES, SUSP, BUSCEMI, LEONARD, MURIELLO, FRANK, QUINN, JOHN R. DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/26/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE - COMMENTS : INC MEMO v9.1 2 Docld: 32308985 Page 1
“Released under DATE > 11-14- % a Pea TO FROM ‘4 td yf ; (2- Bureau (RM) fy egal. \ oe P é AN | Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly oA PTE ayiollS dE lan eh ” 5010-108-02 eee” be ot ; oy s ts | Susyect: Ota cosa NOSTRA “the Wolhn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (4d Usc Pitr hate; 2017 ,-* ; ~ - enn _. wt DPTIONAL FORM NO. 10° Pa ’ —— F 1AY 1962 EDITION ‘ - * SA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 ; a ~ < QNITED STATES GOVEKNMENT ~ - oy Memorandum Director, FBI (92-6054) DATE: 8/15/68 o” a” _ ae ° | SAC, But pane (92-337) (P) v4 Yoo aa vo a e ¢ iH BUFFALO DIVISION AR oral ReBulet 8/13/68. During the night 7/2-3/68, the residence of DAVID M, .STRASENBURGH, 3501 Elmwood Avenue, Brighton, New York, was burglarized and a safe containing securities, among — other items, taken. ; Ld pel On 7/29/68, BU 332-C-TE,-advised SA PAUL A, JOENSEN that he had been contagted by two well know burglars whom he identified as LEONAR USCEMI and FRA IELIO,. ; L. J @ BEE POSTER 0. These men indicated their reason fé6r Contac om the CI was to develop sources for the disposal of loot obtained in a series of recent house burglaries, which they had per- petrated. They also mentioned that when omyehoco CN/member)..~. was arrested in Buffalo, New York, recently, ey lo&iz the | : fence they had counted on in Connection with this theft. BU CEMI and MURIELLO mentioned having furs, jewelry, somé“of wi they displayed to CI, and considerable antique Bilver Ztems These men told informant they had been referred 2t6 him .be- cause of his LCN connections and his ability to @fspose of loot. -Informant noted he was aware of SACCO's arrest anid SACCO's role as a fence for many big items stolenzlocally, : CIexpléthed that SACCO was representing LCN interests inv handling-stolen “loot. . = i 7 us . « When-iGontacted later by BUSCEMI and MURIELLO, CI iriquiredwhether they had robbed, the ,, STRASENBURGH residence_ and obtained the securities, cGhey admitted to CI that they dja commbt the Surglary and;"‘although not having ready access. tgi the. securities, could get them. Informant indicated he - could hédp theme in finding a buyer for theysecurities. ; gic Si oe DN al NN \ . EX-103 REC 27581 6654 - 23879 T - Buffalo SAC R (Lae ee “eee aa ABE 1D BEB (3) ae a 20° SEG) kee " . Vem Wa) | we i an . VN . wo Docld: 323089585 Page 2?
‘Released wander the Jonni Pov Renmnedy “Rssfaseination Records . ad Tsc-FtiyT Hote) . _ pate. ion 14-2017, ; 0" YX a, BU 92-337 so Informant, under FBI instructions, continued to show interest in the securities to the extent BUSCEMI and MURIELLO told informant they had taken the safe to Ironde- quoit Bay, Lake Ontario, and MURIELLO put the safe in the water for safe keeping. Informant then accompanied BUSCEMI and MURIELLO to the Bay where the approximate location of the safe in the water of the Bay was pointed out to the CI. be At approximately 1:00 a.m., on 7/30/68, BU 332-C-TE, accompanied SAs. PAUL A. JOENSEN and DONALD CHESWORTH, Jr. to Irondequoit Bay where he pointed out the approximate “location _ of the safe in the waters, as furnished him. . On 7/31/68, the safe taken in the burglary of the STRASENBURGH residence was found in the water of Irondequoit Bay by SA RAYMOND B. JOHNSON, using scuba diving equipment, assisted by SAs PAUL A. JOENSEN and DONALD CHESWORTH, Jr. | The contents of the safe consisted of the securities * originally - reported stolen by the victim. | The. recovered securities had — a value of $2,428,986.09, based upon the Open Market value of these securities as of 7/3/68. . “ 1’ Information furnished: by BU 332- c- TE concerning . . A the involvement of BUSCEMI and MURIELLO in other house burgiarivs~, - A was furnished to local authorities. As a result of the di/s- Le 4 semination of this information and subsequent. information: ‘fur-. nished by the informant daily basis, BUSCEMI, MURTELLO, and an associate, JOHN RAOUINN, were arrested on 8/8/68, by. local authorities, folldwing the burglary of the residence. of, MARTIN E. NASH, 690 Maniton Road, Greece, New York, on 8/8/68. In this burglary a safe containing $3, 000 fn cash and $20,000’ in U. S. Savings Bonds wass stolen. The ‘$3,000 cash was; recovered in the ‘possession of these three men when arrested, © In addition, police recovered two men' s gold watches valued, ’: at $500 each (total $1,000); three men's shirts taken in the STRASENBURGH burglary; one stock certificate stolen in another: burglary, as well as an expensive shotgun, not yet traced to. fa) Yr. for recoveries totaling $2, 133, 986. 09. When the value of the. other items enumerated above’ is determined this information ee will be furnished to:the Bureau. No local authorities were Vs involved in this recovery which resulted solely from FBI efforts and reflects a major blow against the LCN operation in this area. 4 , Based upon the foregoi this office requests credit | ad Sy ae -2- wy ke ' __ a N Docld: 323089585 Page 3