Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DODGE, HAROLD F.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 08/22/1969
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/6/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10288-10228

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 92-3267-1022, 1023, 1024

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

i44 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 45945 Date:

11-16-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: DODGE, HAROLD F.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 08/22/1969

• PAGES:

66

SUBJECTS :

JRO, RES, EMP, PROSECUTION STATUS, CURRENT ACT,

BANK ACCOUNT, TELEPHONE ACCOUNT, AUTOMOBILE,

AMUSEMENT PLACES, REL, HEARING, APPEALS COURT

DOCUMENT TYPE:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

. 4; 10(a)2

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 04/16/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

INC RPT, MEMO

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ADMINISTRATIVE

In referenced report Information was set out

concerning ROSELLI's activities through LA 4476-C-TE to

persuade the owner of Perino's Restrauant, ALEXANDER

PERINO, to move his restrauant to Beverly H1lls, California

and thereafter, ROSELLI had a scheme whereby he would take

$200 to $300 from this restrauanteachday.

sell Perino's Restrauant to

a company named Esgro Inc., but that the final papers had

not yet been signed.

On October 10, 1969, LA 4129-C'adyised that

Perino's Restrauant had been sold to Esgro Inc and that

the ownership had changed the first week in October.

This

source stated that all of the employees as well as the

this restrauant

this restrauant as employees of the new orner.

are continuing to work at

September 29, 1969, LA 4476-C-IEwadvised that

ROSELLI told him that he was involved in a deal concerning

rental cars in Los Angeles and he also wanted to get Into

Las

Vegas.

The company will be known as "World Wide Rent-A-MEV:

Car"

ROSELLI called JOSEPHABREEN In Las Vegas and told

him to come to Los Angeles and bring his Italian friend

meet with ROSELLI on Monday, October 6, 1969.

to

ROSELLI told

source that he had formerly been

involved in the rental car business in Las Vegas. XChldiN

This source baid that he as well as JACK) and

IRWIN CHELDIN and OZZIE CURTIS and ROSELLI are Involved

NEV.

in the rental agency.

He said everybody is going to put

up. money except ROSELLI.

On October 10, 1969, LA 4129-C advised that

ROSELLI and JOSEPH BREEN

190m bag.

Las Vegas were at Perino's

Restrauant on Wednesday, October 8, 1969.

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Los Angeles and bring his Italian friend with him, source

has now learned that BREEN's friend is TONY PITCH, whose

true name is PITCHELLO (ph) .

Source said PITCH was in

Washington, D. C., and was unable to accompany BREEN, who

actually did

come to Los Angeles as requested by ROSELLI.

Source advised that PITCH has a tour bus business

in Las Vegas and is associated with MAURICE FRIEDMAN who

operates excursion boats on Lake Mead, Nevada.

Source said

that because Lake Mead 1s property of

the United States

Government, a permit must be obtained, probably from the

Department of Interior. Source further stated that PITCH

Is Interested in tying up his bus tours with the excursion

boats and source said that PITCH Is probably putting boat

deals in his

name, trying to get the deals.

LA 4467-C-TE in association with OZZIE CURTIS,

JACK CHELDIN, IRWIN CHOLDIN, aNd MILION COHN (CPA) have

devised a method which will

result in a 50 percent profit on

Insurance on rental cars. In this regard, they have

arranged for financing of a rental car agency and contemplate

using a corporate name of "World Wide Rent-A-Car" (WWRC).

In addition to Insuring WWRC automobiles, they will also

rent cars from this corporation and contemplate insuring

rental cars for other rental agencies.

In an effort to establish Nevada business for

JOHN ROSELLI suggested that source contact TONY

and money In the right places.

LEADS

LOS ANGELES

AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: (1) W1ll continue to

conduct investigation regarding ROSELLI's activities.

againat ROSE M.l1 follow prosecution presently pending

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INFORMANTS

LA 1-1

• 4476-C-TE

LA 4129-0

LA 1=3

LA 4476-C-TE

LA T-4

LeA

4476-C-TE

The records of the Fidelity Bank, Beverly Hills,

California, were made avallable by DORIS SCHMIDT, Statement

Department

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p. D-263% Rev. 12-19-67)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVUSTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

LOS ANGELES

TITLE OF CASS

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

-LOS ANGELES

DATE

8/22/69

REPORT MADE BY

INVESTIGÄTIVE PERIOD

4/28/69 - 8/12/69

JOHN ROSELLI

HAROLD E.

DODGE

CHARACTER OF CASE

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TYPED BY

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REFERENCES:

Report of SA HAROLD F. DODGE dated 4/28/69,

at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles letters to the Bureau dated

6/4/69, and. 7/30/69.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

On 5/9/69, LA 4476-C-TE furnished information

that he was meeting ALEXANDER PERINO at 2:00 p.m. on

5/10/69, at the request of JOHN ROSELLI. It is noted

Fromant state that nostra want ane into meleo.

a front man with PERINO in a scheme to move PERINO's

CONVIC.

AUTO..

FUG.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED

FINES

SAVINGS

EXT NONE

ACQUIT-

RECOVERIES

TALS

CASE HAS BEEN:

PENDING OVER ONE YEAR XIYES ENO

PENDING PROSECUTION

OVER SIX MONTHS

•IX YEs DINO

APPROVEO WGG/U

SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

COPIÉSMADE:

- Bureau (92-3267)

- USA,

Los Angeles

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-3267-1022

(ATTN: Special Prosecutive Division)

2 - Los Angeles (92-113)

92 AUG 29 1969

REC-23

25102

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

Agency

• Request Recd.

' Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

By

OC. AAG, Criminal Division,

Organized Crime and Racketeering

Section, Room 2524.

O SEP 4 - 1969

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restaurant from its present location to the old Romanoff

Restaurant on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.

Informant stated that if this scheme worked out, he

would possibly have to raise $200,000.00, probably from

FRANK RAGANO.

ROSELLI told this informant that he expects

half of any fee that informant makes in handling

this scheme, and in addition, expects informant to

take $200.00 to $300.00 a day out of this restaurant

business, with PERINO's knowledge for ROSELLI.

On 5/21/69, LA 4476-C-TE advised that the PERINO

deal is still pending, and that the members of this

partnership of this venture are the informant,

and JOHN ROSELLI. Each one of the partners are

to receive one third of the proceeds which will be

stolen from the restaurant.

On 5/23/69, the source advised that he talked

to JOHN ROSELLI on that date, and ROSELLI appeared

to be trying to back out of the PERINO deal, saying

it appeared toorisky.

that ROSELLI will not back out, but was trying to get

the informant's opinion without directly asking him.

On 5/21/69, LA 4129-C advised that ROSELLI

Beat recent?.

and DAN BUSBY, a young attorney, have been to Perino's

Restaurant together in the past.

the rast: ants

This Informant stated

that recently BUSBY came to the restaurant alone, and

talked to Mr. PERINO about moving his restaurant to

Beverly Hills, California. BUSBY told PERINO that he

represented some Jewish man who owned the Romanoff

Restaurant building, and was trying to rent the building.

BUSBY wanted to know if PERINO was interested in leasing

or buying the building for the purpose of moving Perino's

Restaurant to Beverly Hills.

LA 4129-C stated that PERINO

told BUSBY that he was not interested in this deal because

he stated that a few months previous he had taken a two-year

lease on his present building, and in addition, PERINO

said that he did not like the Romanoff building because

it was too dark, and looked like a tomb.

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On 6/7/69, LA 4476-C-TE advised that he had

lunch at the Beverly Hills Brown Derby with JOHN ROSELLI

on 6/6/69.

During this meeting,

ROSELLI advised that

JERRY ZAROWITZ did not get his license to operate in

Las Vegas:

ROSELLI said that he could probably get

between $100,000.00 and $200,000.00 from ZAROWITZ

by promising

ROSELLI, could get

license for ZAROWITZ.

ZAROwITz thosali intimated that when he

got the money, he would, in fact, do nothing to try

to get a license for ZAROWITZ.

On 5/16/69, LA 4476-C-TE advised that on the

previous weekend, JOHN ROSELLI flew to Las Vegas, reportedly

in the private plane of HOWARD HUGHES for the purpose

of contacting ROBERT MAHEU. ROSELLI told informant

that EDWARD MORGAN, an attorney from Washington, D. C.,

was also in Las Vegas, and informant tälked about the

convictions of ROSELLI which are now on appeal.

+t..

On 7/16/69, LA 5040-C-TE advised that he was

recently contacted by JOHN ROSELLI, and ROSELLI wanted

some furniture in his apartment and some furniture of

his girl friend reupholstered.

ROSELLI told informant

that his girl friend was FRANCES CATES who resided at

11734 Wilshire Boulevard, Apartment Clo, and whose

telephone number is 479-7351.

LA 5040-C-TE advised

on 7/18/69, that on

the previous day he was with JOHN ROSELLI and ALLEN

SMILEY In connection with the furniture to be reupholstered.

Informant stated that they visited the fabric shop operated

by PHIL DASH on Robertson Boulevard to select fabric

for the furniture.

While there, they decided

to call

PHIL DASH, who resides in Miami, Florida, and who is a

friend of

ROSELLI and the informant.

When Informant

talked to PHIL DASH, DASH instructed him let ROSELLI

have the material he needed free of charge.

PHIL DASH was interviewed on 10/16/67, at

Miami, Florida, at his place of business,

David and

Dash Fabrics, 2445 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida.

DASH is the president of this firm, and stated that

1t 1s a multi-million dollar business with outlets in

20 different cities. DASH 1s described as an associate

DASH IE.

of Miamjand Las Vegas hoodlums, and is known to engage

in high stakes gin rummy games.

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LEADS

LOS ANGELES

to

AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: (1) WIll continue

conduct investigation regarding ROSELLI's activities.

(2) Will follow prosecution presently pending

against ROSELLI.

INFORMANTS

LA T-1

LA 4476-C-TE

LA T-2

LA 4476-C-TE

LA T-3

LA 4476-C-TE

LA T-4

LA 4129-C

LA T-5

superintendent of Mails

U. S. Post Office

Culver City, California

Records of the Fidelity Bank were made

available by DORIS SCHMIDT, Statement Department.

The records of the Carte Blanche were

made available by ELLEN SULLIVAN, Supervisor,

Forgery Division.

The records of the Wilshire Limousine

Service were made available by BOB HacKeR, owner.

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