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NOTE: The Los Angeles Office has conducted an extensive investigation into the activities of La Cosa Nostra hoodlum John Roselli. John Roselli is a notorious member of the hoodlum hierarchy, a former lieutenant of Al Capone, who was convicted in the extortion case involving Bioff-Browne in 1944, In an investigation, evidence was produced that hé is actually Filippo Sacco, born in Italy. He never acquired United States citizenship. In 1923 he adopted the identity of John Roselli and forged birth records in Chicago. We have investigated his activities also with relation to the Friars Club cheating at Beverly Hills, Calif. We indicted him for failure to register as an alien and notify the Attorney General of changes of address. After a trial lasting an entire month and involving expedite investigation in Boston and in Italy to disprove a surprise phony claim of derivative citizenship, Roselli was convicted on all six sounts. This is a substantial blow at an important member of the La Cosa Nostra Empire, and the Attorney General is being advised of his conviction. -2-