Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 Use 2107 Hotes. (DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI ; RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10290-1040 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = 92-6054-2314 ane Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,LA TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/19/1968 “PAGES: 4 ’ SUBJECTS : LCN, ILLEGAL, GAMBLING, PANGUINGUE AKA PAN, ASSOC, B/F INT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ' CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/13/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : ee v9.1 35 | Docld:3273067638 Page 1
Released under,the John. F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 TSC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11- : WASH.DC°=-G-— RE LA TEL TO BUREAU MARCH ‘TWENTY. Win ‘LA PANGUINGUE AKA PAN. oo eae o PAN IS A FAST MOVING CARD GAME primes hae! BY WOMEN WHICH HAS A LARGE APPEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS To” OPEN AND OPERATE PAN CARD PAROLORS BUT ACTION BY LocaL - AUTHORITIES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE BY AND. ‘LARGE PREVENTED: A LONG TERM OPERATION. BASED ON CURRENT ‘LEGISLATION THE GAME OF PAN IS NOT A VIOLATION ‘OF STATE. LAW,. BUT: Locar AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE RECENT ARRESTS AND HAVE PASSED. A ‘county, EX-116] REC-20, Docld:32306768 Page 2
"Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC Fi0T Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 PAGE TWO | LA 92-1112 oo ORDINANCE OUTLAWING PAN AS ILLEGAL. OPERATIVES OF PAN HAVE .- oe APPEALED THIS ORDINANCE ON GROUNDS THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, TO OUTLAW PAN AND PERMIT OTHER GAMES SUCH AS GIN RUMMY, = BRIDGE AND POKER TO OPERATE. A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THIS APPEAL. AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE TWO PAN CLUBS IN LA ARE NAMED THE ALMONT AND CELEBRITY. THE CELEBRITY CLUB IS OPERATED BY JACK CALLIE WHO IS A FRONT MAN FOR LA FOUR SEVEN ONE ONE C-TE. INVESTORS IN THIS CLUB INCLUDE LA LCN FAMILY AND GEORGE GORDON. THAT ALMONT CLUB FOR YEARS WAS FRONTED BY MANUEL RICKIE JACOBS, A LA GAMBLER. HE IS CURRENTLY NOT ON THE : LICENSE BECAUSE OF FEDERAL INDICTMENT IN THE BEVERLY HILLS FRIARS CLUB CASE, BUT IS THE FRIMARY BEHIND THE SCENES OPERATOR. INVESTORS IN THIS CLUB INCLUDE LA FOUR SEVEN ONE ONE C=TE, NEW YORK GAMBLER CHARLES MEYERSON, NEW YORK LCN MEMBER CARMINE TRAMUNTI. REPRESENTING LUCHESE FAMILY, LAS VEGAS HOODLUM IRVING NIGGY DEVINE, MIAMI GAMBLER GEORGE ’ GORDON AND NEW YORK RESTAURATEUR WILLIE ROSEN. LA FOUR SEVEN ONE ONE C-TE REPORTED PREVOUSLY END PAGE TWO . -  Docld: 323506766 Page 3
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hote). DATE: .11-14-27017 ; ; p —> ‘ ae 1 me ee! PAGE THREE . : LA 92-1112 pe THAT HE HAD MET WITH TRAMUNTI AND BEEN CONSIGNED TO INSURE we PROFITS MADE BY NEW YORK INVESTMENT SAFELY CARRIED NEW YORK AREA. RECENTLY THIS INFORMANT ADVISED THAT WILLIE ROSEN OWNER OF GATSBY RESTAURANT, NEW YORK, AND CLOSE ASSOCIATE FRANK SINATRA, HAS BEEN HELD PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE TO TRANSPORT. THE MONEY TO THE NEW YORK LCN FAMILY. | ON APRIL EIGHTEEN LAST LA FIVE.ZERO FOUR ZERO PC ADVISED HE. WAS RECENTLY CONTACTED BY NIGGY DEVINE AND be INSTRUCTED. TO CALL WILLIE ROSEN WHO AT THAT TIME WAS RESIDING IN LA WITH HELEN GRECO ENTERTAINER AND FORMER WIFE OF SPIKE JONES, DECEASED. HELEN GRECO PREVIOUSLY WAS DATED. BY LCN MEMBER JOHN ROSELLI WHO RESIDES LA. . INFORMANT DID. CONTACT ROSEN WHO TOLD INFORMANT THAT HE HAD RECENTLY MET WITH RICKIE JACOBS AT THE ALMONT CLUB AND HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH HIM DEMANDING WHY INVESTORS NEW YORK HAD NOT RECEIVED RETURN ON THEIR MONEY. JACOBS CLAIMED NO RETURN SENT BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE EXPENSES INCURRED IN REOPENING AND CURRENT OPERATION OF ALMONT CLUB. ROSEN TOLD INFORMANT THAT HE MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO JACOBS TO DEMAND THIS MONEY AND DESIRES INFORMANT TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON NEXT CONTACT. END PAGE THREE | Docld: 32306765 Page 4