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eer oe 4 ¥D.704 (Rev. 3-3-59) } UNI. .D STATES DEPARTMENT OF J. sTICE - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Copy te: Repo of QT Owe: Miami, Florida ate: ~ MAR > > 4977 Field Office File #: 92-517 - Bureau File #: 7222382 Title: JOHN ROSELLI - Character; OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE Synopsis: JOHN ROSELLI, true name FILIPPO SACCO, FBI #333 998 6, born 7/4/05, Esperia, Italy, disappeared from sister's residence, Plantation, Fla., 7/28/76. Body recovered 8/7/76. FBI investigation predicated on T18, Section 1505, USC, to deter- mine if ROSELLI's homicide was related to his appearances and testimony before the Select Committee on Intelligence Activities, United States Senate. Personal history set forth. On 2/3/69, ROSELLI was sentenced in USDC, L.A., Calif., to five years plus a $55,000 fine for conspiracy to cheat at cards at the Friar's Club, Beverly Hills, California. In 1970, he appeared before and testified before a Federal Grand Jury, L.A., Calif., which was concerned with hidden underworld ownership of the Frontier Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1968, ROSELLI was convicted, L.A., Calif., as an alien who failed to register and failed to notify authorities of his residence. Subsequently he was ordered deported from the United States. He appealed his conviction and the deportation order was under appeal at the time of his homicide. In late 1960, ROSELLI, together with SAM GIANCANA of Chicago, and SANTOS TRAFFICANTE of Miami, cooperated with the CIA in a plot to assassinate FIDEL CASTRO, which was unsuccessful. Cuban sources contacted had no information relating to ROSELLI or his murder. On 8/7/76, ROSELLI's body was recovered by detectives of Dade County Department of Public Safety (DCDPS), This document contains aeither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It ie the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency: it and ite contents are act to be distributed outside your agency. & U.8.6P0:1975-0-875-841