Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
Document date: 2/1/65
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotel.

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/8/2015

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10285-10353

HQ

CR 166-9483-21

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

FBI

SAC, NY

DATE: 02/01/1965

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS:

FO, TRA, ASSOC, GAMBLING, SMUGGLING, US, BAHAMAS

DOCUMENT TYPE:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

10/23/1997

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (41=0SC 2193hote).

DATE: 1114-2017

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

New York, New York

February 1, 1965

5

OCONT. INFT.

VEN YORK STEEN 03--T

BUREAU FILE NUMBER 137-9096

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT OR ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH INFORMANT

IS ABLE AND IN A POSITION TO OBTAIN INFORMATION

The informant is unemployed and is living on an

allowance provided by her father.

Informant presently

resides at 1701 West Third Street, Brooklyn,

New York.

Informant,

through her past associations with individuals

such as JOE PAGANO

and SHERMAN SHARWELL,has been accepter

by well-known gamblers and individuals involved in the

operation of gambling casinos in the United States and

Bahamas.

The informant was designated a Top Echelon Criminal

Informant by letter to Director dated March 26, 1964.

Information furnished by informant is set out below.

SPECIFIC DATES OF CONTACT

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

November 18, 24, 1964.

ERCE IS UNCLASSIFIE

December 7,

january 14, 1965.

1964.

DATE 2-1-97 BY.5668 5LD/KSE

(JFK)

OUTCOME OF CASES NOT COMPLETED WHEN PREVIOUS QUARTERLY

LETTER WAS SUBMITTED

Not applicable.

of CP+ p.5

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Hred

8-1-88 05C/dep

FOR REVIEW AT FBINO BY

HSCA RE 7•26-28 REQUEST.

(SEE BUFILE #62-117290):

166-9483-21

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REC- AL

NOT RECORDED

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

FRANK TIARI

AR

NY 92-2476

During November of 1964, NY 4712-PC reported that

in a conversation between the informant and TIARI, TIARI.

indicated that two Syrian Jews, believed to be named

Yn 111 845

DANA, were involved in illegal

smuggling activities, through

the use of children's toys.

The toys, according to

NY 4712-PC, were manufactured by these two individuals.

In view of the above, NY 4008-C-IE was questioned

as to any information relating to Syrian Jews, who were

engaged in the manufacture of children's toys.

Informant

advised that JACK SHARWELL, brother of SHERMAN SHARWELL,

had set up two individuals who were Jews of Syrian extraction

in a corporation that informant believed had its headquarters

in Hong Kong, China.

is called the

that the above information was obtained by her from SHERMAN'

SHARWELL during the time she was going around with SHARWELL,

and that the company was set up for the purpose of smuggling

activities.

On December 16, 1964, informant advised of the following

information:

Informant stated that in recent communication with

FRED DIASH it had

been learned that OTASH was at the present

timé in Casablanca. Meredie

Informant has advised that SHERMAN SHARWELI was presently

residing at the Beekman Hotel on Park Avenue and that he was

being sought by BARBARA BISHOP for back payments that were

due on the sub-rental of BISHOP's apartment on Park Avenue

and 86th Street.

SHARWELL was also indelted to MAX COURTNEY

for somewhere in the neighborhood of $35,000.00.

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