Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DODGE, HAROLD F.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 6/1/70
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/6/2015

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-10288-10234

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-3267-1030

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 45945 Date:

11-16-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

DODGE, HAROLD F.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 06/01/1970

• PAGES:

58

SUBJECTS :

JRO, ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN MONEY, PROPERTY

SETTLEMENT, OWNERSHIP, GIFTS GALORE, INC., STATUS

OF PROSECUTION, CURRENT ACT, REL, APPEAR, FGJ, BANK

STATEMENTS, TELEPHONE ACCOUNT, SUBSCRIBERS

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 :

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

LOS ANGELES

TITLE OF CASE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

LOS ANGELES

JOHN ROSELLI

DATE

6/1/70

REPORT MADE BY

HAROLD F.

DODGE

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

12/15/69-5/15/70

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/REFERENCES:

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TYPED

BY

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Report of SA HAROLD F. DODGE dated 12/19/69, at Los

Angeles.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

Attempt to Extort Money

From MOE DALITZ

During

the past several months, beginning in the first part

of January 1970,

SD 1064-C-TE has furnished information concerning

acts by ROSELLI to extort money from MOE DALITZ. The activities in

this connection as reported by

this informant, are being set out in

full.

CON VIC.

AUTO.

FUG.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED

FINES

SAVINGS

None

RECOVERIES

ACQUIT-

TALS

CASE HAS BEEN:

PENDING OVER ONE YEAR

PENDING PROSECUTION

OVER SIX MONTHS

YES

I]NO

JYES XINO

APPROVED

COFPES MADE:

Well gupt

FECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

Bureau

USA,

Los Angeles

(ATTN:

Special Prosecutive

Division)

1 - ALFRED N. KING, Attorney in

Charge,

Strike

Force, Los

Angeles

1 - Las Vegas (92-467) (Info.)

2 - Los Angeles (92-113)

Agency

Disseminatini Record fAr haRd" Division,

Request Recd.

Organi.ed Crime and Rackettering

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

Section, Room

By

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-13267-1030

REG- AL

98 JUN 4 1970

Notations

SPCT.

66 JUN 19 1970

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LA 92-113

The following information was furnished by

LA 4412-C-TE:

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LA 137-2807

At BOMPENSIERO's residence on 1/15/70, the latter

told informant that it is imperative that he go to Las Vegas

to see YALE COHEN. Informant stated that BOMPENSIERO's reason

for seeing COHEN has nothing to do with any of BOMPENSIERO'S

business with SIMPONIS or informant.

BOMPENSIERO told informant

COHEN wanted him to see

a man near

Cucamonga, California, and

he, BOMPENSIERO, has not been able to locate this person.

On the morning of 1/27/70, BOMPENSIERO telephonically

advised' informant that he has no choice but to go to Las Vegas

on 1/29/70, to see COHEN.

He requested informant drive him

from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for that purpose.

On the night of 1/28/70, BOMPENSIERO telephonically

instructed informant to pick him up at the Los Angeles Inter-

•national Airport, PSA Terminal, 11:00 a.m., 1/29/70, which

informant did.

They immediately departed via informant's

automobile to Las Vegas.

On 1/30/70, informant advised that he and BOMPENSIERO

arrived at Las Vegas approximately 5:30 p.m. the previous day..

Informant located

SIMPONIS in the card room at the Star Dust

Hotel and obtained

the key to SIMPONIS's room in that hotel.

At BOMPENSIERO's instructions, informant tried unsuccessfully

to contact

"PEANUTS" DONALFO.

He then contacted YALE COHEN

by telephone.

BOMPENSIERC requested COHEN meet him at

SIMPONIS'

room which the latter did within ten minutes.

After usual greeting, informant excused himself and left them

alone.

BOMPENSIERO subsequently told informant that a

close friend of his named JOHN, had sent him to see COHEN to

-get COHEN to make an appointment for JOHN with one of the top,

owners of

the Star Dust Hotel, who BOMPENSIERO identified to

informant

as MOE GENSER.

San Diego has advised that JOHN is

actually JOHN ROSELLI and that hewants a sitdown; meeting

with MOE DALITZ.

Informant advised BOMPENSIERO did not co

into further detail but told him that the less he knew about

this matter the better off he would be because it is a very

sensitive and

serious situation.

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• LA 137-2807

At 7:30 a.mi on 1/30/70, informant telephonically

furnished the above information stating he had just droven

BOMPENSIERO to LoS Angeles International Airport and that

he would probably leave from San Diego on an 8:00 a.m. flight.

He stated that BOMPENSILRO told him that even though he was

very tired from their travel, he had to contact several people

before getting any rest in connection with the meeting between

COHEN, JOHN, and MOE.

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on 3/2/70, SD 1064-C-TE returned from Los Angeles

and advised by telephone as follows:

Following instructions from Los Angeles ICN hoodlum

ROSELLI, he met him at 2:00 p.m., on 3/1/70, at the Hyatt

House, Beverly and Rodeo, Beverly H1lls, California.

Hotel in a white Cadillac.

DALITZ and COHEN then met ROSELLI and informant at

the Hyatt House. ROSELLI did not want to talk there and

suggested they all move on to the Brown Derby Restaurant

nearby.

Informant advised that ROSELLI thereafter informed

Las Vegas to HOWARD HUGHES.

DALITZ immediately objected to

ROSELLI's statement claiming that he had anything to do with

the sales.

ROSELLI insisted on continuing

ROSELLI told

DALITZ that it was through his efforts DALITZ was allowed to

remain on in the management of the Stardust and Desert Inn

after it was sold to HUGHES which allowed DALITZ and his

group to continue highly profitable skimming operations on

markers. ROSELLI claimed that during the pre-sale negotiations

he was

present with GEORGE GORDON and MORRIS KLEINMAN, and that

he (ROSELLI) was supposed to get $60,000 per month from the

time of the sale until the time DAlliZ and his group left the

management of

the hotel.

ROSELLI indicated that he received none of this

money.

He also indicated that this $60,000 a month due him

was not for people but that he also had to distribute some

, nodding toward the informant. ROSELLI

indicated that as a result of his efforts, DALITZ was able to;

sell the Desert Inn and Stardust at a high price and still

continue to skim money from markers owed.

ROSELLI explained •

that he was now short of money as a result of continued

legal pressure and two recent convictions in Federal Court.

ROSELLI ended up by saying that DALITZ received an extra one

million dollars from the sale of these hotels as a result of

his efforts.

Informant advised that thereafter, DALITZ denied

having any knowledge of any agreement with ROSELLI regarding

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given instructions to contact ROSELLI in California and not

in Miami.

By this time, ROSELLI realized that it was useless

talking to LA PORTE, and they left, dropping ROSELLI off at

Beverly and La Cienege Boulevards.

unroute back to san Diego, LA PORIE indicated

that TONY ACCARDO had no use for ROSELLI, and that ROSELLI

had lost his power with the Chicago ICN when former Boss SAM

GIANCANA left. Chicago LCN will not pay for ROSELLI's legal

expenses.

LA PORTE left for Chicago on American Airlines

Flight 62, on 4/8/70.

On 4/9/70, LA 4412-C-TE advised that on the pre-

vious night, he had

received a telephone call from FRANK

BOMPENSIERO, who was calling from San Diego.

At this time,

BOMPENSIERO told informant that he has to take a guy who is a

"big man from east"

to court in Los Angeles on 4/12/70, ano

that man must catch a plane from San Diego to

Chicago later

in the day.

On 4/7/70, San Diego 1064-C-TE advised that he would

be in Los Angeles on 4/7/70.

Subsequently, the same morning, San Diego 1064-C-TE

advised

that he was driving FRANK LA PORTE (LCN Capo from

Chicago) to Los Angeles for a meeting with JOHN ROSELLI,

and Attorney JAMES CANTILLON's office at noon.

On the morning of 4/7/70, physical surveillance

Of JOHN ROSELLI was instituted at ROSELLI's residence by

Special Agents of the Los Angeles Office.

The names of the

agents conducting this surveillance can be obtained from the

surveillance logs maintained in the la serial of instant

file.

In general, this surveillance revealed the

following:

At 11:20 a.m., ROSELLI left his address at 1333

South Beverly Glen Boulevard, West Los Angeles, California,

and proceeded via Santa Monica Boulevard towards Beverly

Hills in a yellow cab, Number 4323.

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SA ANDREW J. STEFANAK contacted the driver of

the cab, JOHN DAVIES,

who advised that at approximately

11:20 a.m., he picked up a passenger from Room 803, at 1333

Beverly Glen Boulevard, and dropped this passenger off at

the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and El Camino Street in

Beverly Hills.

At approximately 11:59 a.m., ROSELLI was observed

walking east on Wilshire

Boulevard in the 9200 block on the

south side of the street. He was dressed in grey slacks and

a dark blue or black sports jacket.

At approximately 12:03 p.m., ROSELLI was observed

entering the Gibralter Building at 9107 Wilshire Boulevard,

Beverly Hills,

California, which is the location of the office

Of JAMES CANTILLON.

At about 1:06 p.m., ROSELLI, FRANK BOMPENSIERO, and

a short heavy set man, later identified by surveilling agents

from photographs as FRANK LA PORTE, left the Gibralter

Building by the rear entrance, and

walked west through an

alley to Oakhurst Avenue,

slowly walked north. BOMPENSIERO

walked ahead of FRANK LA

PORTE and JOHN ROSELLI, who stopped

and talked for several minutes.

st about 1:20 p.m.,

the

above three men entered a blue Mustang, bearing California

License Number XWV 052, which was parked on the east side of

Oakhurst Avenue, about half way between Wilshire Boulevard

and Clifton Avenue:

This car proceeded to the vicinity of Paul's

Steak House located at the corner of Burton Way and Dohemy •

Boulevard.

and LA PORTE exited from the rear

At approximately 3:00 p.M. ROSELLI, BOMPENSIERO,

Paul's Steak House and

walked over to the blue Mustang, which was parked on Dohemy

Boulevard just north of Burton Way, where they stood and

talked for a few minutes, and at 3:04 p.m., they entered the

Mustang and then went north on Doheny Drive. At this time

the surveillance was discontinued.

Attempts by ROSELLI to

Obtain Money through Property

Settlement of SARI POSNER

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For a number of months, from time to time, infor-

mation has been received from Los Angeles 4476-C-Te

that

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OZZIE CURTIS Of LOS Angeles, who Is a cousin of Mrs. SARI

POSNER, originally came to informant and stated that his

cousin, Mrs. POSNER, some time ago, was divorced from her

husband, and at the

time of the divorce, was awarded a sum

of money, which had been agreed upon in a premarital contract.

However,

subsequent to the marriage, Mr.

POSNER, who resides

in Florida, had become worth an estimated $500,000,000, whereas

when he was married,

his estimated wealth was approximately

$40,000,000. " Source then contacted ROSELLI for a recommenda-

tion for an attorney in Miami who could represent Mrs. POSNER

to get the premarital property agreement nullified and obtain

a much greater sum of money from Mr. POSNER.

ROSELLI recommended

an attorney named FRANK REGANO

of Miami. An agreement was then made by the Informant,

that Mrs. POSNER would receive fifty

percent of any additional money received in a settlement, and

the remaining fifty percent would be split in half and half

would go for REGAN and SANTO TRAFFICANTE, and the other

remaining

25 percent would go to the informant and would be

split three

ways between OZZIE CURTIS, JOHN ROSELLI, and the

informant.

Informant advised that he would expect

the settle.-

ment to be not less than. $25,000,000, and the share he would

receive, to be split with ROSELLI and CURTIS, he estimated

would be in the neighborhood of $3,000, 000.

On 3/27/70, source advised that he received a

telephone call earlier that morning from FRANK REGANO, who

aavised that on the previous night, 3/26/70, the Florida

Superior Court made a ruling, which in effect, permitted the

premarital property settlement to be judged individually,

therefore, there was a chance for him to now go into court

and seek the SARI POSNER premarital agreement be nullifiea,

and a settlement made according to the wealth of her husband,

at the time of the divorce.

ROSELLI'S Ownership of

Gifts Galore, Incorporated

on 5/18/70, and 4/14/70, MAURICE H. FRIEDMAN,

former partner of the New Frontier Hotel, advised In general

that in 1966 and 1967, JACK SHAPIRO was a point holder in the

Yew Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, and in FRIEDMAN':

opinion, held points in his name for ANTHONY ZERILLI anc

MKIE POLIZZI, Detroit hoodlums.

follows:

FRIEDMAN then advised as

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paying back VINNIE for her interest.

FRIEDMAN says that

VINNIE got a $20,000 check from BREEN at the time he purchased

her interest.

While SHAFIRO was still at the Frontier, he

told VINNIE DONATO to. let a person named NORMAN ALLEN put a

jewelry counter in her gift shop, and she was required to do

this which resulted in loss of money to her because he was

there a short time and ran up bills, and also had charge

accounts from customers at the hotel which were not paid and

that she was stuck with.

On 4/14/70, MAURICE FRIEDMAN advised SA WAYNE W.

HILL, and SA HAROLD F. DODGE that three or four months ago,

while on a plane, he met the head of International Hosts.

During the conversation,

this man, whose name FRIEDMAN did

not recall, told FRIEDMAN that International Hosts was in-

terested in buying Gifts Galore, Incorporated for ten times

the yearly earnings.

FRIEDMAN stated that he estimated the

yearly earnings to be $25,000 to $30,000.

FRIEDMAN subsequently called HARRIET HAMILTON, who

is a member of a law and accounting firm, which represents

ROSELLI, and told her about this offer,

and asked her to

contact

her client to see if her client wanted to sell Gifts

Galore, Incorporated, on the above terms.

Later, HARRIET HAMILTON advised FRIEDMAN that her

client was not interested.

FRIEDMAN stated that he estimated the gross income

of Gifts. Galore, Incorporated,

to be about $600,000 per

year.

on 3/14/70, LV 211-PC advised SA M. B. PARKER that

he had seen ROSELLI in Los Angeles approximately two weeks

prior to 3/14/70, and informant stated that ROSELLI was

broke and had borrowed money from everyone he could.

Infomant stated ROSELLI had a lease on Gifts

Galore,

Incorporated, shop in the Frontier Hotel, which he

secured when the hotel was owned by the previous

owners

such as JACK SHAPIRO, et al, and was secured to MAURICE

FRIEDMAN, who built the Frontier.

Informant stated that HUGHES! Nevada Operation,

which owns the Frontier Hotel, has had numerous lawyers re-

viewing the contract to see if it can be broken, since the

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JEK Act 6 (4)

LA 92-113

INFORMANTS

LA T-1

LA T-2

LA 5040-C

ALLAN DUNCAN

Administrator

Sansum Medical Clinic

Santa Barbara, California

LA 4129-C

LA 4476-C-TE

IA T-3

LA T-4

LA T-5

LA T-8

LA T-7

LA T-6

PRI

SD 1064-C-TE

LEADS

LOS ANGELES

AT LOS ANGELES,

CALIFORNIA:

(1)

Will continue

to conduct investigation regarding ROSELLI's activities.

(2) Will follow prosecution presently pending

against ROSELLI.

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

POSTPONKMENT INFORMATION SHEET (JFK MATERIALS)

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One or more of the following statements, where indicated,

explain this deletion (these deletions) .

[]

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rationale indicated

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All references relate to

Section 6 of the "President John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992."

[1 Subsection 1A (intelligence agent's identity)

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[] Subsection 1C (other matter relating to military

defense, intelligence operations or

the conduct of foreign relations)

[]

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confidential information)

[] Subsection 3

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subsection 4

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government, currently requiring

protection)

[)

Subsection 5

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