Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 9/8/71
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/1/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-90030-10125

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

166-4028-64

Released under the John

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 54462 Date:

40-04-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: LA

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 09/08/1971

PAGES:

5

SUBJECTS :

MAURICE MEDLEVINE

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/09/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS : LHM; ENCLOSURE

v9.1

HH 54462

DocId: 32324670

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In Reply, Please Refer l0

File No.

UI. 'ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF . USTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Los Angeles, California

September 8, 1971

MAURICE MEDLEVINE, ALSO KNOWN AS

FRENCHY -

FUGITIVE;

LEO MEYER OGUL -

FUGITIVE;

INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF

STOLEN PROPERTY; CONSPIRACY;

PROBATION VIOLATOR

On September 11, 1970, a Federal Grand Jury at Los

Angeles returned an indictment charging Medlevine with one

count of Conspiracy, Title 18, United States Code, Section 371,

and 17 counts of Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property

(ITSP), Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2314 and 2315.

A bench warrant was issued by United

States District Judge the

same date.

Medlevine was arrested by agents of the FBI on

September 29, 1970, in Chicago, Illinols.

• On December 15, 1970,

Medlevine failed to appear as

scheduled in United States District

Court, Los Angeles, and a bench warrant was issued by United

States District Judge Manuel Real,

charging Medlevine with bond

default, Title 18, United States Code, Section 3150.

Ogul and Medlevine were together in Iran and Israel

during 1970.

Medlevine returned to the United States and

arrested by FBI Agents in Chicago, Illinois, on September

29, 1970.

Ogul's last known address was Number 5, Frug Street,

Tel Aviv, Israel.

He has been recently interviewed and denied

knowledge of the present location of Medlevine.

Information was received from

source of known

rellability that Medlevine and Ogul, as of late December,

1970, were residing at the King Edward Hotel, Tel Aviv, Israel.

In July, 1970, Medlevine listed his residence

as

the Hotel Sena, Tehran,

Iran.

•While Medlevine and Ogul were in Iran during 1970,

they were allegedly in contact with the brother of Ogul's

wife, Edward Valizadek, telephone number 751-81, In Tehran,

Iran. Mr. Valizadek allegedly operates the Argo Brewery,

telephone numbers 757-556 and 335-672, in Tehran.

ATT, INFORMATION CONTAINED

IREN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATS /01313

_BYSP& MACGAT.

(OFK

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