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BU 92-61
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Revenue made an investigation into the income tax returns of [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] attorney in Niagara Falls, went to Washington, D. C. with [REDACTED] to straighten out this tax difficulty.
[REDACTED] advised that very few people in Niagara Falls are in a position to furnish any specific information regarding the activities of the subject, and of those few that do know, they would refuse to talk, inasmuch as a great fear of the MAGADDINO family has grown up in Niagara Falls over the years.
Numerous individuals in Niagara Falls were contacted in an effort to obtain specific information relative to known associates of the subject's, but these contacts met with negative results. The results of the interviews with individuals contacted will be set forth under various sub-headings in this report.
On December 9, 1957, T-6, [REDACTED], advised that in May, 195[unclear], he attended a testimonial dinner for CARMINE DE SAPIO, who is presently the Secretary of State for the State of New York, at the Century Club in Niagara Falls. Informant stated that JOHN C. MONTANA of Buffalo was the honorary chairman of this testimonial dinner for DE SAPIO. JOHN MONTANA is the subject of separate Anti-racketeering case in the Buffalo Office.
The informant advised the subject was also at this dinner, and he specifically recalls that when JOHN MONTANA entered the dining room, the subject was seated at his table, and MONTANA made a point of coming over to where the subject was seated and paying his respects to the subject. Informant further recalls that at the completion of the dinner, MONTANA went over to the subject and took the subject over to meet DE SAPIO. Informant also stated that after the dinner, he had an occasion to observe JOHN MONTANA, the subject, and DE SAPIO get into the subject's car and drive away from the Century Club.
On December 10, 1957, T-2, [REDACTED] advised that at the time [REDACTED] were married, one being in 1939, and the other in 1946, numerous photographs were taken of the weddings, and included in these photographs were photographs of the guests at the wedding. Informant stated that top hoodlums from all over the eastern part of the United States were guests at [continued on following page].
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