Originator: FBI
From: HAMILTON, WILLIAM A.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 04/27/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/20/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10280-10124

HQ

CR 92-6054-19

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

HAMILTON, WILLIAM A.

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE : 04/27/1962

'PAGES:

67

SUBJECTS :

LCN, COMMISSION, AFFIL, ASSOC, B/F INT, GAMBLING

ACT, SHYLOCKING OPERATION, CRIMINAL ACT, TESUR,

MISUR

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4; 11(a)

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 01/27/1999

OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS

COMMENTS: RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES i,ii, INDEX PAGES i-vii

Beleased under the John F. Kennedy Ascascination Records

Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note]. Case#:Nw 68262

Date: 09.22-2022

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No comment regarding such overlapping is

being made in the

details of this report, Inasmuch

as It is felt

that the facts as reported

will stand

by themselves.

It will be noted under the listing of

"Informants," information is reported as furnished by

informants of other field divisions.

The location

of the information reported herein will be referred

files that

are contained in this

division.

Copy of instant report is being furnished

Chicago, Detroit, and Pittsburgh Divisions,

Inasmuch as information

contained in this report

relates to activities contained in these divisions,

and information Furnished

to these divisions by

their Confidential Sources.

INFORMANTS

Identity

MM T-1 IS GARLAND WILLIAMS

(U. S.

Bureau of Narcotics)

MM TOR IS IRVING MICHEL

(Former New York PCI)

MM T-3 is Lleutenant JOHN THOMPSON,

New York City POlice Department

MM TO IS MY 64T-PC

MM T-5 IS NY 842-C

Location

92-101-215

92-101-128

92-101-215

92-102-909

92-101-198

92-101-243

92-101-549

92-405-24

92-405-63

92-101-128

92-101-33

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MM 92-953

MM

T-6 I8

Identity

MM 509-C

MM T-Y IS NY 147-0

MM T-8 IS NY 2412-C

Location

92-101-243

92-101-591

92-101-498

92-101-656

92-101-713

92-101-683

92-101-438

92-101-549

92-101-417

92-101-469

92-101-323

92-101-389

92-101-799

92-101-549

92-101-761

92-109-264

92-815-Sub II

92-101-128

92-101-215

MM T-9 is MM 794-C*

MM T-10 IS EDWARD JONES

New York City Anti Crine

Commission)

MM T-II IS MES. ANN DRACHMANN

MM T-12 iS MM 656-C

92-101-808

92-101-243

92-101-389

92-122-332

92-101-761

920467-33

MM T-13 IS NY 204-C

MM T-14 IS JAMES RYAN

(U.

S. Bureau of

Narcoties,

New York City)

MM T-15 is MM 725-C

92-467-2

92-101-215

92-101-126

92-112-180

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Identity

MM T-16 18 Sergeant BERNIE WILDER

Formerly with Miami

• Beach

Police Department)

MM T-1Y IS ROBERT GRIFFIN,

Deputy

Sheriffs

Clark County,

Nevada

MM T-18 IS NY 3373-C

MM T-19 is MM 676-PC

MM T-20 IS NY 1733-C

MM T-21 IS RICHARD JAFFE

(Internal Revenue Service, Miami)

MM T-22 iS NY 156-C

MM T-23 IS NY 894-C

MM T-24 IS FLORIO ISABELLA,

York PCI

MM T-25 iS NY 169-C

MM T-26 IS MM 792-C

Location

92-101-126

92-101-389

92-101-761

92-101-469

92-101-2

92-101-469

MM 1-27 IS MM 790-C

MM T-28 is MM 742-C

MM T-29 18 MM 807-0

MM T-30 is

JAMES W. CARIOTA

Miami PCI

92-112-90

92-112-35

92-112-35

92-405-66

92-405-78

92-112-180

92-405-254

92-112-254

92-05-254

92-405-231

92-405-122

92-405-231

92-112-254

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Identity

MM T-31 18 NY 3123-C*

MM T-32 18

CARMEN MITCHEL

Detroit

PCI

MM T-33 18 DE 370-C

MM T-34 1S JOSEPH SANTINO,

Former Detroit PCI

MM T-35 IS DE 718-C

MM T-36 iS KENNETH CANNON,

Internal Revenue Service,

Oh io

Toled®,

MM T-37 IS RALPH H. MILLS,

McClellan Comnittee

MM T-38 IS RICHARD WALLAC,

Internal

Revenue service, Miami

MM T-39 I8 SU 257-6

MM T-40 IS NY 3386-C-TE

MM T-41 Is New York Crime

Commission

MM T-42 IS BS 731-C

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Location

92-838-1

92-144-11

92-144-38

92-471-15

92-144-159

92-642-1

92-471-15

92-144-116

92-144-159

92-122-332

92-122-332

92-122-332

92-102-511

92-102-648

92-459-4

92-102-511

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Identity

MY T-43 18 HELEN DANDO,

Miami PCI

MY T044 18 WILLIAM NEVINS,

Miami PCI

MM T-45 is MM 806-PC

MM T-46 IS MM 788-0%

MM T-47 IS MM 606-PC

MM T-48 IS PG 509-C

MM T-49 I8 FRANCIS PRIAM,

Pittsburgh PCI

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Location

92-102-895

92-102-648

92-218-225

92-218

92-218-179

92-218-52

92-218-103

92-218-38

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DWW: JMS

MURRAY YUNES

MM T- 6

advIsed on November 29, 1961

that MURRAY YONdS and MiCHALL COPPOLA are to be partners

In a booking operation at Tropical Park Race Track and

Hialeah Race Track in Miami.

JERRY ZAROWITZ

MM T-L1

advised February 22, 1962

that JErRY zArOwITz has a betting combine formed,

which

Includes ELLIOTT PRICE from the Boston area, wno was

formerly associated with GILBERT BECKLEY.

MICHAEL COPPOLA

has a part of this operation through ANTHONY SALERNO.

III. CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.

MM TA

advised April 3, 1958 that

MICHAEL COPPOLA'& Incone continues to come from his old

numbers operation In Bronx, New York, where he was

associated with FRANKIE CASINO and ROMMY MARLOW Of Yonkers,

New York.

MM T-6

advised April 14, 1958 that

COPPOLA Is known to have backed the gambling operation of

JOSEPH SILESI In New York City.

MM TO

advised september 25, 1959

that MICHAEL COPPOLA and JOE MORRISON had discontinued

their bookmaking operation at one location telephone

#TU 7-3685), and had opened another office (telephone

#JE 2- 3052}.

MM T -21

advised

JEK Law 11(a)

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DWW: JMS

He SALd ENDIE GOLD continues to front. For COPPOLA In

ookmaking and that BENNIe LEIMAN IS presently handling

the action

1o Avets Post 135, formerly handled b

GOLD.

advised August 30, 1961 that

COPPOLA and MORRISON were pretending to have separated

their gambling and bookmking interests in hope it would

help COPPOLA convince the

tinues as before,

with the exception that MORRISON has

shifted his bookmaking activity to the Normandy Isle

Golf Club.

MM T-IL

advised February 22, 1962

that one source of MICHAEL COPPOLA's income is the

numbers racket in New York City.

This source stated the

largest supply of cash from New York would be brought

to COPPOLA by courier In the past.

When ANTHONY SALERNO

was in New York he was the individual who collected these

funds for COPPOLA and brought them to Miami, subsequently

such activity was handled by PASQUALE ERRA

and by PHIL,

LOMBARDO, alSO KNOWN AS "COCKEYED BENNY."

After. SALERNO

moved to Mani, RALPH COPPOLA WOuld assi8t In

gathering

these tunds a ter lork for transfer to Miami by courier.

IV. CONSPIRATORIAL ASPECTS.

MM T- 15

advised December 6, 1957 that

COPPOLA and JOSEPH MASSEI were both members of the Italian

group of Miami Beach.

JEK Law 11(a)

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JEK Law 11(a)

MM T: 10

advised in 1957 that his

records reflected COPPOLA headed a syndicate which

controlled bookmaking at Tropical Park Race Track, Miam

Florida.

The syndicate allegedly consisted of MEYER

ANTHONY

SALERNO was a messenger between COPPOLA and LANSKY.

MM T-12

advised May 22, 1958 that

MICHAEL COPPOLA

was meeting JOSEPH MASSEL,

JOE BOMMARITA,

JOE DI CARLO and FREDDIE FRANCO daily at the Carib Hotel,

Miami Beach.

MM TO 12

advised february 13, 1959

that COPPOLA for the past 2 week. had held daily

at the Midtown Social. Club with

conferences

FOSEPH MASSEI and DAVE

FURRAS.

MM T-6

advised October 28, 1960

that he was told

that recently an argument arose between

GEORGE LEVINSON, operator of George's News Stand, 23rd

street, Mian, Beach, and one RaLPH ast Name Unknown),

operator of a grocery store in the same area, as both

were selling beer and insisted that the other discontinue

such sales.

LEVINSON Went tO JOE MASSEI tO cause RALPH

to stop the sale of beer,

and RALPH went to ANTHONY

SALERNO tO have LEVINSON discontinue.

As a result SALERNO

contacted MASSEI and advised MASSEI that.

he (SALERNO),

would dictate policy on 23rd Street.

had to discontinue the

sale

AS

result, LEVINSoN

of beer.

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MM T-12 advised on July 18, 1958, Ehat JOSEPH

BOMMARITO, JOSEPH MASSEI, saw a great deal

of each other

and were closely associated.

Informant said that in contacts with MASSEI

and BOMMARITO, he gained the

definite Impression that

BOMMARITO WaS

a Lieutenant for MaSSEI and handled some

of MASSEI'8

Interests In Detroit, Michigan. Mr Law 11(a)

MM T-36 advised that

MM T-37 reported in 1951 that he had received

Information that MASSEI in 1951 received a percentage

of the numbers racket money, which was flourishing In

Detroit.: Heidentified MASSEI's flunk wen

MIKE RUBINO and WILLIAM "BLACKBILI" TOCCO.

IS PELL LICAVOLI,

He said he also

heard that MASSEI received a cut of all gambling In Toledo,

and had received information that MASSEI was the

"money man

behind larger trapings in Miami Beach and

carried on gambling

activities generally in the Miami Beach area.

IIL, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES

MM T-35 advised on February 16, 1961, JOSEPH.

SOMMARITO was can rooed with a problem by a member of

the organization

of Detroit who came

to Miami specifically

for assistance. This individual had been fired from

his duties as a handicapper and obtaining race results

information.

Accorang to the informant, BOMMARITO directed

the individual from Detroit to take

up his problem with

PETE LICAVOLI In Detroit.

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MM T-33 advised on May 13, 1961, that JOSEPH

"SCARFACE" BOMMARITO from Detroit went from Miami to

Detroit to take up the matter of a drop in the numbers

business in Flint and pontiac, Michigan.

Informant

advised that the LICAVOLI-BOMMARITO group "daily takeoff"

as of about September, 1961, in the numbers operation

amounted to approximately $40, 000.00.

MM .T-38 on February 10, 1% and 18, 1958

FK Law 11(a)

With respect to this TILIMAN Company. he renorted

MM T-33 advised on January 14, 1961, that the numbers

racket of the organized Sicilian groups in Detroit continues

to be controlled by three factions.

The old-timers

are the bosses but the actual work

is done by the younger men who have come to the front during

the past 10 or 12 years.

The numbers business in Detroit

average daily take of approximately $60 to $80,000.00.

The various lieutenants working for the group draw $150.00

per week as salary. Source advised that after the

various

employees are paid their salary, a percentage of the earnings

is then taken off the top and paid to the elders,

among whom

aTe JOE ZERILLI, BILL TOCCO, ANCELO MELI, and Others.

The informant advised that DOMINICK PETER CORRADO has

taken over from his father PETER CORRADO, deceased. He estimated

CORRADO's net worth at between 25 and 30

million dollars.

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