Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 02/21/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10197-10122

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

62-9-29-447

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, MM

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE : 02/21/1962

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

CIP, VIOLATION OF INCOME TAX LAWS, COPPOLA,

MICHAEL

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/02/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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FBI

Date:

2/21/62

AIRTEL

ARMAIL

(Type in plain text or code)

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-9-29-335)

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FROM:

SAC, MIAMI (92-515) (P)

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE Progran

MIAMI DIVISION

WEEKLY SUMMARY

JOE WANDERSCHIED, SA, Internal Revenue Service,

Miami, Fla

in US District Court, Miami, on 2/12/62, and was sentenced

to a year and a day on Counts 1, 2, 3, and 4, to run.

consecutive, with the execution of

sentence on Counts

2, 3, and 4; suspended and he was placed on probation for

4 years on Counts 2, 3, and 4, to run concurrently and fined

$40,000 which fine is to be paid within 60 days after he

gets out of jail.

WANDERSCHIED related that if COPPOLA

violates his probation he will have to serve a sentence of 3

years and 3 days. COPPOLA will serve his year and day sentence

at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Fla.,

and was granted permission to report to USM, Tallassee, Fla.,

4 P.M., on 2/13/62, to begin serving his sentence.

MM 509-0 on 2/14/62, advised he understood COPPOLA

Left for Tallahassee, Fla.,

and that MICHAEL COPPOLA'S brother,

JIMMY COPPOLA and his sister will live in COPPOLA's Miami

Beach home, and that JIMMY CAPPOLA will take over COPPOLA'S

activities.

He understands JOE MORRISON will continue to

handle the bookmaking operation at the Normandy Isle Golf

Club, Miami Beach. General rumor among the

"hoodlum element"

- Bureau (AM)

82- Miami

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(5)

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MM 92-515

according to MM 509-C, is that COPPOLA was asked to plead

guilty because they feared names and unknown details would

come out in a trial.

MM 719-C on 2/9/62,

advised he heard that for the

past year JOE FISCHETTI (Miami File 92-99) has had the

bookmaking concession at the Eden Roc Hotel to the exclusion

of other bookmakers, but had no info concerning that situa-

tion at the present

Eme.

MM 673-C on 2/14/62, advised he learned that

HOWARD BROOKS, who had the restaurant section of Dore's

Restaurant and Lounge, Dade County, Fla,, was forced out

by ANTHONY RICCI (Miami File 92-112) and FRANK DIOGUARDI

•(Miami File 92-405) and 1s now associated with Rue 79

Restaurant in North Bay Village, Florida.

He stated he

also heard that although JOE RICCIO, former owner of

Riccio's Restaurant has- no interest

in the restaurant: at

Dore's at this time,

Riccio's girlfriend CARMEN BERKOWITZ,

who worked for RICCIO in Riccio's Restaurant is now employed

at Dore's.

CARMEN BERKOWITZ's husband, WILLIAM

"CAPPY"

BERKOWITZ, is a jewel thief and is now serving a jail

sentence.

In connection with the investigation captioned

ELUM ADDIE CAUDELL, aka, ITWI, (Miami F1le 165-6; Bufile

165-13), Bureau Agents were present to secure Bureau interests

and doserve evidence obtained when on 2/13/62, raids were

conducted by Officers of the Dade County Department of

Public Safety (DCDPS) and Agents of the Fla. Attorney Generals

Office, resulted in the following:

JOHN POWERS, 486 East 30th St. Hialeah, Fla.,

arrested at above address and charged with Illegal Dissemina-

tion of Racing Information.

When arrested a radio receiver

was found in operation

at his home.

JACK. MAY, FCC official

was present when code

"beep" messages received

on above

receiver for two races at Hialeah and

was

able to decipher the

code.

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