Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
Document date: 11/1/64
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (41 USC 2107 Hotey.

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/8/2015

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER:

RECORD SERIES: HQ

FBI

124-10285-10355

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 166-9483-19

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, NY

TO :

TITLE:

DATE:

11/01/1964

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

FO, EMP, ASSOC, CRIM ACT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

10/23/1997

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

v9.1

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote) .

DATE: 11-14-2017

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

UNTIED STATES DEPARTMENT OF • USTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

New York, New York

November 1, 1964

8: 13

NEW YORK SYMBOL NUMBER 4008-C-TE

ALI INFORMATION CONTAINED

NEW YORK FILE NUMBER 137-9552

HERET IS UNCLASSIFILU

DATE 1-9781566

BUREAU FILE NUMBER 137-9096

SLD KSR

(JFK)

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 allow-

ance provided by her father.

Informant resides at 1701 West

Third Street, Brooklyn, New York.

Informant, through her past

• identification as SHERMAN SHARWELL's wife, has been accepted

by well-known gamblers and individuals associated in the running

of gambling casinos in the United States.

Although the informant

no longer resides with SHARWELL, she is still acquainted with

those individuals.

The informant was designated a Top Echelon Criminal

Informant by letter to the Director dated March 26, 1964.

Information furnished by informant is set out below.

SPECIFIC DATES OF CONTACT

July 29, 1964.

August 24, 26, 1964.

September

14.

17, 1964.

October 1, 7, 19, 1964.

_COPIES MADE

Fred stach

FOR REVIEW AT FRINQ BY

HSCA REZ•26-28 REQUEST.

(SEE BUFILE #62-117290).

SIDE ASS NOT COMPLETED WIN PIA D

SUBMITTED

Not applicable.

REC-137, X37-gU 96 19

VOT RECORDEI

3 NOV 3 1954

Delian

58 DEC 3

1964

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

On October 1, 1964, the informant furnished the

following information:

The informant, advised that she has made arrange-

ments to contact FRED

OTASH a professional wire tapper, upon

her arrival in Las Vegas

Informant has made arrangements

also to be in the company of BING and JUNE WEINSTEIN.

Nevada

PAT PAGANO

AR

NY 92-2846

Informant advised during recent conversation with

PAGANO he mentioned he was entering a thot record" deal with

MORRIS LEVY (New York File 92-2015). JIMMY PAGANO, younger

brother of PAT, a jeweler,

entered into a deal with JACK

SHARWELL, SHERMAN SHARWELL's brother, involving the smuggling

of stolen diamonds.

Contact for this operation in Hong Kong

is "SMILEY'' (LNU). JIMMY PAGANO's unlisted New York telephone

number was furnished as TE 1-3363.

On October 19, 1964, the informant furnished the

following information:

JEROME ZAROWITZ

ITWI

NY 165-160

Informant advised, upon returning from Las Vegas,

that ZAROWITZ has been brought into the operation of the

Sands Casino to protect the interest of "BIG TONY" from

Miami (possibly TONY SALERNO). ZAROWITZ. is from Miami.

Informant learned from conversation with JUNE

WEINSTEIN that ZAROWITZ used to take skim money out, and

he was described as a muscle man and'Mr. BIG" of the Sands.

Informant advised of ZAROWITZ's arrival at the Regency Hotel

on October 19, 1964.

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

SAM GIANCANA

AR

NY 92-793

Informant learned that AARON WEISBERG still remains

as one of the real owners of the Sands. His points were put

into the corporation under the corporate name as a cover, and

then the points were doled out to other individuals connected

with the Sands.

AARON WEISBERG

AR

NY 92-3083

Informant stated while in the company of AARON

WEISBERG, a sum of $15,000 was brought to him from one of

the tables at the Sands. WEISBERG, upon receiving the money,

stated that it was "for New York".

WEISBERG in subsequent

conversation concerning the Lucayen Beach Hotel, mentioned

that the casino was doing well, and, in fact, he should know,

as he had a piece of it.

BENJAMIN SIGELBAUM

AR

NY 92-2945

Informant stated that SIGELBAUM and DICK CORNICK

get 50% of the take from the slot machines in the Fremont

Hotel.

This money is taken every evening, but it was not

known if it is specifically for these two individuals, or

whether it is part of an over-all skim that is subsequently

dispersed.

From the above furnished by this informant, the

indication of the value of the information furnished shows

that such data would not have been available to the Bureau

without the efforts of this source.

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