Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/3/67
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form,

Agency Information

Date:

5/29/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10201-10485

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 166-1690-81

Released under the John

issassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 45855 Date:

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

TO:

TITLE :

SAC, MM

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 11/03/1967

PAGES:

4

SUBJECTS :

VAL, TELEPHONE RECORDS CHECK, GAMBLING ACT,

FINANCES

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/13/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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MM 166-347

Lead Number 2

On 10/26/67, MM 886-C advised SAS NORMAN E. BLISS

and WARREN R. WELSH that RUBY LAZARUS owed him approximately

$1,200 for gambling debts.

He further indicated that LAZARUS

owed MICKEY ZION approximately $25,000 in gambling debts.

Source indicated that he had no sympathy for MICKEY ZION

in this regard as ZION himself is heavily indebted to.

bookmakers, betting customers and shylocks in the Miami area.

He further

reflected that LAZARUS was also heavily in debt

to the bookmaking office of JOHN PROKOS.

MM 886-C advised that he would not testify in any

judicial proceeding regarding these gambling debts.

Lead Number 3

On 10/27/67, MM 1250-PC (former employee of the

PROKOS bookmaking office) related that LAZARUS did and

still owes a considerable amount of money to the PROKOS

office which is now inoperative.

Source corroborated information gained from a

review of the PROKOS bookmaking records to the effect that

LAZARUS as of 11/28/65 had account number 45. He also

corroborated the fact that as of

• that date LAZARUS owed

to the bookmaking office $1, 155.

It is noted that records seized at the PROKOS

bookmaking office contain the home telephone number of

RUBY LAZARUS and the telephone number of the Seville Hotel.

Records further indicated the customer number of LAZARUS

and on the "bottom sheet" indicated a plus figure for

the bookmaking office of $1,155.

On 10/30/67, MM 1250-PC advised that he had con-

tacted bothl

Jin regard to their

the consensus of

according to source that they

would have no qualms about testifying in regard to LAZARUS

although they would not testify in any case because of

JEK Law 10(a)2

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