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* Frank Sinatra Chicago, Illinois, prior to 1956. Giancana, described as a cold, brutal killer, assumed leadership of the syndicate in Chicago in approximately 1956, Giancana has been a guest at various places owned or operated by Sinatra and at Sinatra's home in Palm Springs, California, It has been reported that due to Sinatra's close association with Giancana and other syndicate hoodlums he lost his license to operate gambling establishments in the State of Nevada. As a result of this loss, Sinatra was reported to have sold his interest in the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, for 343,500 per point for a total of $391,000 and his entire interest in the Cal Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Information has been received at various times during the late 1940's and 1950's from sources, who have furnished reliable information, which linked Sinatra's nane aS an associate of other well-known hoodlums, including Joseph and Rocco Fischetti, former members of the Capone gang; Rillie Moretti, former underworld boss of Bergen County, New Jersey; James Tarantino, associate of the former well-known "Bugsey" Siegel, and others. In March, 1963, an informant who has furnished reliable information in the past advised that Sinatra and Dean Martin, well-known singer, were long-time friends of John Anthony Matassa, Matassa is a former member of the Chicago Police Department, who resigned many years ago after taking the Fifth Amendment before the McClellan Committee, and as of 1963 was a business agent for a Chicago, Illinois, local of the Teamsters Union and reportedly a close associate of Samuel Giancana and other syndicate hoodlums, In early 1964 another informant, who has furnished reliable information in the past regarding general criminal activities in the United States, indicated among other things that Paul “Skinny” Amato, operator of the 500 Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and a.business partner with Sinatra in Nevada, was a hoodlum and a member of La Cosa Nostra syndicate. The informant stated that although Sinatra was pot a member of the syndicate, he was big enough and close enough to the organization to obtain any favors he desired.