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re Dallas teletype to bureau, September 29, 1982.

ON OCTOBER 3, 1982, VICTIM

ADVISED DURING I I HE WAS SEEKING FINANCING FO:

TEXAS,_ /

S SEEKING FINANCING FOR a

WAS REFERRED TO OF Pass pTg/R£fitegp»L

(SD, corporation, Dallas, who advised| |that he had many contacts

WITH INFLUENCE IN LOS ANGELES AND HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, THaT HE

WOULD PRESENT THE PROJECT TO. ANOTHER ALLEGED SojjWll O fJ /I'RCE 0

rW A nWAS THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL TRUST KNOWN AS "UNICEPv IoCaTTdJJLl

AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, AND T«aT A LOAN OF APPROXIMATELY|

WOULD BE STRUCT iRED TO BE SELF-LlPUlFYING . A DVISEd|

California sources Bailed to materialize and during

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REQUESTED THat| |

HAVE HIS LOCAL BANK FURNISH A LETTER

STaT ING that upon RECEIPT OF A LETTER OF CREDIT FRO’* SI, THE 3aNK

WOULD AGREE TO LEND|

CREDIT WAS TO 8e|

T«E SOURCE OF THE LETTER OF

WAS TO COST

TO 8E| |aND IT

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he gave I 1 the letter plus which represented! |

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FOR SI OBTAINING THE LETTER OF CREDIT.| |

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WAS THEN INCORPORATED WIT! TO RECEIVE ONE-HaLF

OF THE CORPORATE STOCK IE THE FUNDING WAS SUCCESSFUL.

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STATED THAT SI CONTINUALLY STaLLFD HIM REGARDING THE LOaNI 1 I 1

AND THAT NEaR THE END OF TED GUNDERSON

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\HE WAS NOT CERTAIN OF

G UNDER SPITS ASSOCIATION WITH SI AT THaT TIME, HOWEVER, ON

TOLD|

]THAT GUNDERSON HaD UNSUCCESSFULLY CONTACTED

banks at Dallas trying to put his, package together.

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ADVISED THEN SAID THAT

WAS TO BE THE "MORTGAGE COMPANY" FOR A-LL OF THE SI PROJECTS.

ADVISED HE TELEPHONED LONG DISTANCE AND CONFIRMED

HAD BEEN APPROVED aND THAT THEY WERE SIMPLY

WAITING ON SOME PAPERWORK. |STATED IN THE MEaNTIME, HE was

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paving THE OWNERS OF THE additional earnest monies

MONTHLY TO DELaY THE PURCHASE CONTRACT advised ABOl.lT

SI and DEKLa INTERNATIONAL (DI), INC., MERGED and THaT

INFORMED

GUNDERSON BECAME PRESIDENT OF DI.

I advised that finally ON

HIM THAT THE DEaL WAS OFF, T^aT NO FUNDS MOULD BE FORTHCOMING,

THAT THE LETTER OF CREDIT WOULD NOT BE FUNDED, AND THAT THE

OF DIRECT EXPENSES WHICH HE INCURRED RELaTED TO THE PROJECT wOwLD

BE REFUNDED.! UviSED TH AT TO D ATE, THE MONEY HaS NOT>kBEENv|BE REFUNDED. ADVISED TH AT TO D ATE, THE MONEY HaS NOT J3EEN^

REFUNDED AND THAT HE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT | ISINCeP

HE SAID T uAT IN HIS EFFORTS TO CO LLECT THE MONEY., HE HaS

CONTACTED DI EMPLOYEES AND THaT 0^'

Igunderson called him to inform him that the company

Was HAVING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, THAT THE MONEY HaD NEVER BEEN

BROUGHT INTO THE UNITED STATES AS BL/\IR HaD STaTED, 3tjT IN THE

EVENT THE MONEY WAS OBTAINED, 1 COULD POSSIBLY GET HIS

MONEY BaCK. ADDED THaT HE H fl S ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH

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HE STATED THAT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HIS OOMRa!€ stated that| [acknowledged that HIS COWRaNY WAS POSSIBLY

INVOLVED IN THE|

DEaL BUT HE WOULD NEED TO PULL THE FILE TO

VERIFY THE TRANSACTION.| |

ADVISED HE PERSONALLY NEVER IDENTIFIED

H IMSELF TO AND THftT IN HIS OPINION, WAS MOST LIKELY

A FRONT WAN FOR SI AND CONDUCTED HIMSELF VERY UNPROFESS 10 NaLLY.

INVESTIGATION Has DETERMINED THAT BOTH SI and DI are

INCORPORATED IN TEXAS AND COPIES OF THE CORPORATE PaPERS aRE BEING

forwarded to the Dallas division.

GUNDERSON CURRENTLY RESIDING WITH WHO IS

Dallas continuing efforts to identify victims and si

may BE A COOPERATIVE SUBJECT. WILL BE LOCATED

AND INTERVIEWED FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OF CaSE WITH UNITED STaTES

ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. aLSO VERIFICATION OF LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE

calls being obtained.

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PURPOSE : To advise of the status of the captioned matter inwhich former Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Ted L. Gunderson is asubject of an advance fee/financial fraud/fraud by wire investi-gation in the Dallas and Los Angeles Divisions.

RECOMMENDATION : None. For information only.

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On 9/8/82, the Dallas Division instituted a Frinvestigation concerning allegedly fraudulent-Wire (FBW) investigation concerning allegedly xrauauient-^remers b7D

of loan commitment being issued by Dakl a International of Dallas.Texas. Information from several sources

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indicates that the letters of loan commitment are drawn on a bankin Amsterdam, The Netherlands. These allegedly fraudulent financialinstruments were being purchased with substantial advance feesand were utilized to finance speculative business ventures throughAmerican banks. J?.%jlQ7

v)One of these commitment letters was signed by Ted

Gunderson as President of Dekla International. Mr. Gunderson, aformer SAC, is believed to have subsequently resigned as Presidentof Dekla International.

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TED L. GUNDERSON

On 9/27/82, Mr. Gunderson voluntarily appeared at theDallas Office to explain his association with the inrli

viduals. He advised that he was I

IGunderson demanded that

before he produced the name of one of his sources of information,that the entire text of the interview be maintained in the SAC'ssafe rather than being in the general files for fear of his ownlife. He then demanded that the information also be kept securein Washington, otherwise he was not going to proceed with theinformation. SAC Thomas C. Kelly then met with Gunderson andafter listening to Gunderson's demands, informed Gunderson that hecould not give him assurance that the information would bemaintained in a safe away from the general files until such timeas the file was destroyed (as demanded by Gunderson) . The interviewwas, therefore, terminated by Mr. Gunderson.

Qn IQ/3/82, an interview of I . | an established be

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complainant, indicates that Mr. Gunderson actively participated b7Din an alleged scheme to defraud him in this matter.

Investigation by the Los Angele s Division indicates thatMr. Gunderson has associated himself with I

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criminal figure in the Los Angeles areal[a well known

major investigations Local anc1 as well as the subject

federal authorities.

On 10/18/82, Dallas Supervisor! advised

that the results of the preliminary investigation in this matterwill be presented to the U. S. Attorney's Office, Dallas, Texas.

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reflect their current business name and address to be DeklaInternational, 9400 Central Expressway, Suite 314, Dallas, Texas/-W

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For information of the Bureau on 9/8/82,Investigator, Comptroller of Currency . Washington, D. C.

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tele-phonically contacted SA [ Dallas FBI Office, Dallas,Texas , and advised that he had recently received a telephoneCall fT-mrnl

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concerning a possible "Advance Fee" scheme beingperpetrated in | | I I requested that the Dallas FBIOffice initiate contact with I Hfor further details.^

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Sank revealed that aDallas, Texas, had

made a loan request for

that when

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came into the bank to negotiateadvised

[oan he brought

fficial SAC Ted Gunderson as President of Dekla

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advised that she believes the1 1

from Dekla International forThis letter was signed by ex

loan re-

loan.

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Dallas , also contacted the Dallas FBI Office to advise thatanother customer of the bank,

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~| had been to the bankwith another letter of commitment from Dekla International fora | | advised that the money was to bgtransferred from a bank in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to I

in nal lagf and that the proceeds were to be used to I

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expressed concern thatdue to the amounts of the loan commitments from Dekla that apossible "Advance Fee" swindle existed.

On 9/8/82. ~lwas telephonically contacted by theDallas FBI Office and

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introduced to an individual namedl~ . . I advisedthat he was seeking financing for a |

land thattold him that he could arrange for the

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loan. | |advised that through subsequent neqotionsl

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introduced him to associates ! I andTed Gunderson. |

~|advised that these individuals had formeda company known as Dekla International , Dallas, Texas. He advisedthat in addition to the I loan he needed, he and DeklaInternational formed a limited, nartnershi n with the agreementbeing that Dekla would provide

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|with the profits to be split 50/50.

I advised that Gua/derson l I

Isigned the joint venture agreement for DeklaInternational. I advised that he

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recontact withl I determined that to date he has not receivedthe loan proceeds nor has he been

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He advised that in his last contact with Dekla Internationalan individual named I I

(phonetic) informed him that he,I was now| I of Dekla International and that Gunderson

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stated that he wasadvised that

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loan promised to him.

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• By communication dated 9/9/82 , the Los Angeles Divisionprovided the Dallas Division a 30 page document prepared by

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I This document makes reference to, alias r I

Sass Entertainment Corporation, Dallas, Texas as operating an"Advance Fee" money finding operation. I lalleges that duringlate l I and early I Ln the Los Angeles areaunder the name Jurane Group Limited claiming to have access tomillions of dollars in over seas funding. | lalleaes thatbetween 50 and 100 victims have paid advance fees to ~| withnegative results. Investigation into the activities of theJurane Group by the Los Angeles Division was curtailed followinga deferral of prosecution by the United States Attorney's Officeto local authorities. Apparently the Burbank Police Departmenthad initiated a search and seizure of the Jurane Group's businessrecords which effectively limited the degree of FBI participa-tion in the investigation.

According to| |, Sass International changed itsname to Dekla International and the following persons were as-sociated with the Jorane Group in an active role soliciting clientsand advanced fees:

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In view of the above, the Dallas Division has initiatedan investigation into this matter to substantiate possible FBWviolations on the part of captioned subjects and/or their as-sociates .

The Bureau is requested to search indices referencesubjects as well as the included listed associates of the sub-jects.

LEADS :

LOS ANGELES DIVISION

AT BURBANK, CALIFORNIA . Will contact the DistrictAttorney’s Office and determine details re investigation ofJurane Group Limited. Will determine names and involvementof each subject and the current local prosecutive status ofthe case.

Will review indices reference the known listed as-sociates of subjects.

DALLAS DIVISION

AT RICHARDSON, TEXAS . Will conduct detailed interviewsof possible victims and subjects to determine if FBW violationexists

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RE DALLAS MRTEjL. T,0 BUREAU, SEPTEMBER 2L, 1982.

FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU AND LOS ANGELES ON SEPTEMBER 27, "T982,

FORMER(SALTED lTouNDERSO^ VOLUNTARILY APPEARED AT THE DALLAS

OFFICE TOEXpIaTn HIS^SSOCIATION WITH CAPTIONED INDIVIDUALS.

GUNDERSON INSISTED ON TAPE RECORDING THE INTERVIEW WHICH WAS AGREED

AND THE INTERVIEWING AGENTS ALS ^-RECORDING OF THE

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INTERVIEW. GUNDERSON WAS ADVISED OF THE NATURE OF THE FBI

INVESTIGATION CONCERNING AN "ADVANCE FEE" SCHEME AND THAT

HIS NAME HAD BEEN DEVELOPED DURING THE INVESTIGATION AS HAVING

RECENTLY ACTED IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY FOR SASS INTERNATIONAL

(SI), INC., AND AS HAVING SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF DEKLA

INTERNATIONAL (DI>, INC., BOTH LOCATED IN DALLAS. GUNDERSON

INSISTED ON

EARLY 1982 TO RUN CHECKS ON POTENTIAL CLIENTS OF SASS INTERNATIONAL

(SI), INC., A FIRM INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCING.

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HE ADVISED THAT HE PERSONALLY MET THEM ON JULY 3, 1982 AT HIS

AT THIS POINT IN THE INTERVIEW, GUNDERSON DEMANDED THAT BEFORE HE

PRODUCE THE NAME OF SOURCE, THAT THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THIS

INTERVIEW BE MAINTAINED IN THE SAC’S SAFE RATHER THAN BEING IN

THE GENERAL FILES FOR FEAR OF HIS OWN LIFE. HE THEN DEMANDED

THAT THE INFORMATION ALSO BE KEPT SECURE IN WASHINGTON, OTHERWISE

HE WASN’T GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE INFORMATION. WHEN ASKED BY THE

INTERVIEWING AGENTS IF HE WAS REFERRING TO|

|,GUNDERSON

ACKNOWLEDGED THAt| jjAS , SAC THOMAS C. KELLY THEN

MET WITH GUNDERSON AND AFTER LISTENING TO GUNDERSON’S DEMANDS INFORMED

GUNDERSON THAT HE COULD NOT GIVE HIM REASSURANCE THAT THE INFORMATION

WOULD BE MAINTAINED IN A SAFE AWAY FROM THE GENERAL FILES UNTIL SyCH

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TIME THE FILE WAS DESTROYED. THE INTERVIEW WAS THEREFORE

TERMINATED BY GUNDERSON. PRIOR TO DEPARTING, GUNDERSON ADVISED

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ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1982, A DETAILED INTERVIEW OF POTENTIAL

VICTIM

DALLAS, DETERMINED THAT HE WAS SEEKING

FOR A AND WAS INTRODUCED TO AND

OF DI. HE ADVISED DI APPROVED HIM FOR THE LOAN PROVIDED

dollars financing

A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP BE FORMED. THIS AGREEMENT WAS CONFIRMED BY

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OF DI. HE ADVISED TO DATE HE HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY FINANCIAL

LOSS AS A RESULT OF DEALING WITH DI.

DUE TO THE BUREAU’S INTEREST IN THIS MATTER, LOS ANGELES

IS REQUESTED TO EXPEDITE COVERAGE OF PENDING LEADS.

IN AN EFFORT TODALLAS WILL INTERVIEW VICTIM

IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS, VICTIMS AND/OR WITNESSES. INVESTIGATION

HAS DETERMINED THAT SUBJECT MAY BE COOPERATIVE AND

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SAC, LOS ANGELES (196B- 1842- 571) (WCC-3)

BILAL-FBW; ITSP00: Dallas

9/21/82.Reference Dallas airtel to the Director, dated

In view of the fact that former SAC Ted Gundersonof the Los Angeles Office has been placed in the title ofthis matter by the Dallas Division, an information copyof this airtel is furnished to the Bureau.

On 9/21/82, InvestigatorDistrict Attorney's (LADA) Office providecinformation:

I Los Angeles /,

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The LADA's Office is currently completing theirinvestigation into the activities of various persons whoconducted business as the Jurane Group Limited, in the LosAngeles area, during late 1980 and early 1981. Tt. is ani±j_=cinated thatl Ihis wife.

connection witn their operation o

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land,culpable will not be the subject of prosecution.

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unable to provide a specific date at which time prosecutionswould be initiated, but advised that investigation had beenactively continuing since the company was shut down throughthe service of a search warrant by an officer of the BurbankPolice Department in early 1981. He advised that numerousvictims had been contacted and a case had been worked up,which should result in successful prosecution of the fouraforementioned subjects.

I I further advised that on 9/9/82, he interviewedformer SAC Ted L. Gunderson

, regarding Gunderson's associationwith the subjecting his association with the subject. I

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that he had received indftpfmdftTit infnrmatinn thrrmoh amthprinformant that during Jul

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J of the Dallas nistrict Attorney'sOffice were conducting the investigation regarding the operation of Sass Entertainment.

The following background information was developedregarding the aforementioned individuals:

Los Angeles indicesas a major figure in

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This group is active in pursuing!interests in the Los Angeles area. 1

On 9/28/82. Assistant. T.os ApprI^s County DistrictAttorney,

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was currently engaged in prosecuting I

advised that be_Ifor the

in Los Angeles' He noted that this was the second trialof I i for this offense since, the first trial had resultedin a 10-to-2 hung j ury. He noted that in connection withhis defense.! [has been alleging that a key witness,

pas hiding in Mexico to avoid testifying athis trial which would result in his exoneration.

LA 194-84. Title.

Hobbs Act - Corruption of Public Officials; 00: Los Angeles,Bureau file 194-4034.

is a! | under investigation for

project. Indictments of both subjects are anticipated withinthe immediate future.

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loan from the First Interstate Bank of Long Beach, California.l is all egedly one of a group of loan recipients who

have bribed ! I

Captioned matter tjtled.f] _fcitled, | | FormeriBank, Long Beach Main Office,Employee

Long Beach, California, BF§E (B), 00: Los AngelesBased on information provided. Los Angeles is unable topositively identify this

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Los Angeles area. Los Angeles indices contain numerousreferences to his activities in the area of I I

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ha«; ownfiil in this ritv-f lis ciirreptlv a primp; stispp;rt

which occurred inI~l California. TheT

I at this time, is the subject of majorinvestigations by both local and Federal authorities withinthe Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles indices negative regarding anyassociation with the Israeli Mafia. These per sons arepossible witnesses for the Government regarding

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Re Dallas teletype to Bureau, 9/29/82, and

For information of the Bureau, subsequent to theinterview of former SAC Ted L. Gunderson by Dailas Agents on9/21/82, Gunderson subsequently made telephone calls to SA

|during which Gunderson made allegations

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regarding another Dallas Agent, as well as briefly discussedhis own association with the primary subjects of thisinvestigation. On 10 /1/82, both SAC Thomas C. Kelly and AUSA

~1 NDT , Dallas, Texas, concurred thatfuture anticipated telephone calls from Gunderson should beelectronically monitored and/or recorded for a thirty day (7\?)period. This is to advise that Gunderson did not make any jjA.telephone calls to SAl Iduring the thirty day period andtherefore the equipment was not used.

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TED L. GUNDERSON, /^KA J ET AL; DBA DEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

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RE DALIKAS TELETYPE TO BUREAU, OCTOBER 8, 1982.

ON NOVEMBER 17, 1982, 1

BY BUAGENTS.

CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF DALLAS, TEXAS, WAS INTERVIEWED

ADVISED HE MET FORMER SAC TED GUNDERSON AT V

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COULD FINANCE BUSINESS VENTURES,[

STATED HE MET SUBjECjN

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INDIVIDUAL HE KNEW IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. | ADVISED

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THEN INTRODUCED HIM Tp| IwHO APPEARED TO

BE PARTNER IN VENTURE FUNDING AND THAT| |

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OBTAIN SUITABLE LETTER OF CREDIT FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, SOURCE

WHICH NEVER MATERIALIZED.

TO HIS KNOWLEDGE SEI NEVER SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED ANYONE'S PROJECT

AND HE IS NOW CONVINCED THAT HE WAS "TAKEN" BY MEMBERS OF SEI

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WHICH 'Sn ADDITION TO I llINCLUDE'

ADVISED THAT ON OR ABOUT

MET WITH GUNDERSON AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND THAT

GUNDERSON

SENSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE GUNDERSON’S

REPUTATION AND CREDIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS IN HIS

FINANCIAL SCHEME OPERATION. GUNDERSON

SUBSEQUENTLY JOINED SEI IN DALLAS AND EVENTUALLY BECAME

PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY

|BECOMING ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SOLICITING

CLIENTS FOR SEI AND HE STATED THAT THE ENTIRE TIME I

INVESTIGATION CONTINUING AT DALLAS TO DEVELOP AND INTERVIEW

ADDITIONAL VICTIMS AND TO DETERMINE COMPLETE INVOLVEMENT OF

AND GUNDERSON.

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9400 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 314, DALLAS, TEXASj F3W j ITSPI,

*" f1*"* * - »*-*- ~<l r -=*<-'». 1

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MF; 00 ;DL

. jq^ ^ lyf ’ ^RE DALLAS TELETYPE TO BUREAU," 12/2/32.

FOR INFORMATION OF THE 3UREAU, THE NUMEROUS DE’/LA INTERNA-

TIONAL INC. , RECORDS OBTAINED BY BUAGENTS ON NOVEMBER 17, 1932,

ARE BEING REVIEWED FOR BACKGROUND DATA AND TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL

VICTIMS. APPROPRIATE LEADS ‘ARE ALSO BEING SET OUT TO HAVE ALLEGED AXVSOURCES FOR ’’LETTERS OF CREDIT" IDENTIFIED AND INTERVIEWED REGaRE^^

THFIR ASSOCIATION WITH KNOWN SUBJECTS.

5^75

3rs? 3 1983

$0008

f® JAN 18 1983 V»1

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PAGE TWO DE #00*07 UNCLAS CDL 19SA-1721D

AFTEft DISCUSSION WITH DALLAS PL4. THES& RECORDS WERE RETRIEVED BY

3UAGENTS AND WILL 3E REVIEWED FOR THE IDENTITIES OF ADDITIONAL

VI CTIfoS.

ON DECEMBER 2, 1982, THE FACTS OF CAPTIONED MATTER AS

DEVELOPED TO DATE WERE DISCUSSED WITH AUSA|

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (NDT) , DALLAS, TEXAS.|

ADVISED THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION THE CASE SHOULD

RESULT IN SUCCESSFUL INDICTMENTS OF SEVERAL SUSjECTS. HE

STATED THAT IT APPEARS A DEFINITE COMPLICITY EXISTS AMONG

THE SU3JECTS INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME AND THAT DUE

TO THE CLOSE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER FBI OFFICIAL TED GUNDERSON

WITH DEKLA AND GUNDERSON’S PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THE VICTIMS

,

COUPLED WITH GUNDERSON'S EFFORTS TO ARRANGE 3ANK

ACCOUNTS FOR THE PAYMENTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF MONIES ON BEHALF

OF DEKLA, IT APPEARS THAT GUNDERSON WILL QUITS POSSIBLE BE

CONSIDERED AS AT LEAST A DEFENDANT UNDER THE AIDING AND AoETTIKG ,

STATUTES.

ADVISED THAT THE INVESTIGATION APPEARS

WORTHWHILE AND 3ASED ON THE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED TO

DATE THERE Is A STRONG PROBABILITY FOR SUCCESSFUL INDICTMENTS.

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6-147j;i-13-8 vl) CRIMINAL INVI^HGATIVE DIVISION

INFORMATIVE NOTEDate. 12/3/82

ted l.~ Gunderson, aka? et al, dbaDEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC., 9400 CENTRAL

Re: EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 314, DALLAS, TEXAS?FBW; ITSP? MF; OO: DALLAS

On 9/8/82, the Dallas Division instituteda Fraud by Wire (FBW) investigation concerningallegedly fraudulent letters of loan commit-ment being issued by Dekla International ofDallas, Texas. Information from several sourcesin the banking industry indicates that theletters of loan commitment are drawn on a bankin Amsterdam, The Netherlands. These allegedlyfraudulent financial instruments were beingpurchased with substantial advance fees andwere utilized to finance speculative businessventures through American banks

.

One of these commitment letters was signedby Ted Gunderson as President of Dekla Inter-national. Mr. Gunderson, former SAC, isbelieved to have subsequently resigned asPresident of Dekla International. b7D

On 9/27/82, Mr. Gunderson voluntarilyappeared at the Dallas Office to explain hisassociation with the caotioned individuals

- c — c Athat * before he producea^Pihe name of one of hi^sources of information, that the entire text ofthe interview be maintained in the SAC's saferather than being in the general files for fearof his own life. He then demanded that theinformation also be kept secure in Washington

,

otherwise he was not going to proceed with theinformation. SAC Thomas C. Kelly then met withGunderson and after listening to Gunderson 1 sdemands, informed Gunderson that he could notgive him assurance that the information wouldbe maintained in a safe away from the generalfiles until such time as the file was destroyed(as demanded by Gunderson) . The interview was.

' '|an established!2 jr an interview ofl

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that Mr. Gunderson actively participated in analleged scheme to defraud him in this matter.

Investigation by the Los Angeles Divisionindicates that Mr. Gunderson has associatedhimself withl

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Investigation conducted to date indicatesknown victims were defrauded out of $75,000.

On 11/17/82, the Dallas Division obtainedthe abandoned office records of Dekla Iirhprna-tional . Inc . ,3 b 7 D

On 12/2/82, USA's Office, DL advised thatthey would consider prosecution of the subjectsincluding Gunderson^ at least for aiding andabetting.

Adm.Servs.,

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AFP

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tory_

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Exec. AD-fnv.

Exec.AD-LES _

Went.

inspection.

Intel!.

Legal Coun.Off. of Cong.& Public Affs.

Rec. lylgnt.

Tech. Servs.Training _____

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Date __2/l/83_

TO:

FROM:

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6?'SAC, DALLAS (196A-1721)

i j

TED L. GUNDERSON, ET AL_. TiFBW? ITSP 71/T00: Dallas

Re Los Angeles airtel to Director, 1/24/83.

In response to referenced airtel, SAC, Dallas, wishesto advise Director that Dallas is not contemplating the takingof any immediate action based on the information set forth inthe referenced communication. As noted in the referenced airtel,Dallas has no agent or clerical personnel with the last name

or| |

however, should further specifics bedeveloped, appropriate steps will be taken to substantiateinformation regarding a leak of investigative results.

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It is noted Dallas is pursuing the Fraud By Wireinvestigation regarding captioned, and it is known that personsinterviewed have spoken amongst themselves regarding thisinvestigation which, in turn, may have been interpreted as

"inside information."J 3??s' -

IDFinally, FBIHQ is advised the file concerning captioned

investigation is maintained in a combination type safe atDallas with controlled access to all results regarding captionedinvestigation.

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(3/ - Bureau- (1 Section Chief Hal Helterhoff - WCC)

(1 - Section Chief Sean McWeeney - OC)2 - Los Angeles (196A-2759)2- - Dallas / Oc

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"l, V.TED L. GUNDERSON ?

ET ALFBW; ITSP00: Dallas

Re Dallas airtel to Bureau, 2/1/83 and LosAngeles airtel to Bureau, 1/24/83.

Enclosed for FBIHQ and Dallas are three inves-tigative inserts covering information provided by LosAngeles informants.

indicated no personnel] in that division having the lastname of

.

|A review of previous communication s ir

this file discloses that GDNDEftSQN^tesr/fJj j

subject of Dallas file 196B-1701I

during lybfiV It is probable that he is the person dis-" cussed in the prior Los Angeles informant report.

Los Angeles notes that referenced Dallas airtel'

Los Angeles is currently i-h

informants in this matter.|

mation previously reported regardingactivity. Based upon his report of c

activity, Los Angeles directed

I

JJLLzing two independentIprovided infor

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possible drug relatedipntinued advance fee

apparent associate of GUNDERSON, togroup . has agreed? to I

"' PS-13 ^ J

/&- Bureau (Encd. 3) (1-Section Chief2 - Dallas (Enos. 3) (1-Section Chief

Los Angelas

pursue a loan from they

^jryo~HAL HELTERHOFF-WCC) ySEAN MC WEENEY-OC) /

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LA 196A-2759

infrirmant tn th«* m-onr

.The purpose of

pursuing tJtiis avenue of investigation is to establishwhether GUNDERSON and his Dallas associates are continuingto offer advance-fee offshore loans through the DeklaOrganization noting that GUNDERSON publicly claimed to havedisassociated himself from the company in August 1982.

GUNDERSON has an afi.qorn af.-j nn withflew to Texas irJ

in the enclosed insert alleges that

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]and recently

borne out by the fact thatas one of the "best investigators he has known" in his

ircraf-j: . This association isacknowledges GUNDERSON

LEAD

LOS ANGELES

AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA : Will maintain contactwith informants

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LA 196-2759RHK/yfs

On February 4, 1983,

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he has been successful in establishincreqardin

dollars

advised that

LA 196A-2759MAG/bar

On February 4, 1983,1 |was contacted andadvised that as part of Drug Enforcement Administration^(DEA) investigation regarding! "

1

||is allegedly owned bv Ted Gunderson

(former SAC Los Angeles) according to what hasstated previously. 1

(It is noted, inquiry with California Departmentof Motor Vehicles has dete-rmi npd—±±l£—Cal i form' a—license

I is registered to registeredowner|California .

)

dunn|received a telephone call from Gunderson

eriod and explained to Gunderson the problem

After this conversationthat Gundersonl

advised source

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196-A-2759rhk v y

-Jwas contacted on 1/21/33 regarding his knowledge[and the! ~

1

He was requested to attempt to determine whether|

|orhis associates were in a position to provide funding for largeloans*

On 1/24/33 I _with a mutual friend oflgroup had funds available!

Lvised that he had been in1 and had been assured that

I He noted that he had previously conductedIdoing business as

I about I I Despite voluminous documentsand numerous meetings no x'unamg ever came through* He wasreluctant to embark on another fruitless quest for funds throughthis group* He agreed to pursue a preliminary meeting with thisgroup at the request of the interviewing agent to ascertain whowas involved in the loan program withr 1

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Fi-i LOS a»^L£S (196-27^9) (V/CC-,1) (P)

TO DIRECTO/ (ROUTINE)

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DALLAS /l96. ) (ROUTINE)

SaC R

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p£K TO (72-37 ) (ROUTINE)

UNCLaS

ATTNs FBIHq - PUBLIC CORRUPT 10 w UNIT; FINANCIAL CRIMES UwIT;

oc unit (Each in sealed envelope);

attn j personal attention - sAc thomaS c. kelly (Dallas) (sealed

ENVELOPE;

attk s personal attention - sac Raymond p. yelchak )( sealed.

ENVELOPE.

/OTED LrsUNDERSON} ET aL ; Fay, 00; DALLAS.

RE SaCRaWE^vTO TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND LOS A«G£LES DATED

FEBRUARY 9, 1$>B3 CaPTIONED

;TED GUNDERSON;

00; SaCRA‘»sNTO" / •

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PAGE TvjO (La I9G-27^90'NCLaS) ^FOR INFORMATION OF RECIPIENTS, FOnMER SftC l’ED L. GUNDERSON

t

hfrS b ECOME INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS SuSPECx ACTIVITIES INVOLVING

PERSONS ALLEGEDLY DEaLING IN MaRCOTICS aND ADVANCE FEE

swindles, referenced Sacramento teletype indicates gunderson

May dE a participant in planting narcotics on a key government

witness in a dea case to discredit the witness, los angeles

NOTES CKaRLO TIE DIVISION HaS ENCOUNTERED QUESTIONABLE ACTS BY

GUNDERSON IN NaTIONaLLY PUBLICIZED CGR-MURDER CaSE (JEFFREY

ROdERT MaCDONaLD, BUFILE 7DA“^1728) IIv REGARD TO HIS HANDLING

AND INTERVIEW OF a DEFENSE WITNESS.

los angeles Has investigation pending for Dallas case

INVOLVING GUNDERSON’S ASSOCIATION WITH a GROUP OF ADVANCE FEE

SylivDLERS. CURRENTLY, LOS ANGELES INFORMANTS KaVE aDVISED

GUNDERSOw »S ASSOCIATES

GuNuERSON S INVOLVEMENT, IF.aNY, IS uNKivOwN aT THIS TIME.

TriZSE LOS aNG LLES aSSOC

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A 1E S HaVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH LOS

ANGELES FIGURE]|wRO RECEIVED WIDESPREAD NOTORIETY

DLUfcW £»55 1735Z

PAGE TWO WE uL i"fcJoK> UNCLAS (DL 196A-17<sl)

THAT S£I WAS STILL MAKING EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THE FUNDING FO

NoT ONLY HIS BUT FOR ALL OF THE SEI CLIENTS.

X DALLY BE FUNDED.

EVERYONE WOULD EVEN

ADVISED THAT SUBJECT,

WAS WORKING OUT OF THE OFFICES OF

N Li’iBEii

TELEPHONE

FURTHER ADVISED THAT SUBJECT|

WAS WORKING OUT OF THE OFFICES OF

|T EL E P HO NE N Ul'iBnK S

ADVISED THAT

ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF BOTH SEI A® DEKLA INTERNATIONA!

NC. CD II) BEING INTERVIEWED IN THE DALLAS AREA.

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PAGE THREE DE DL # UNCLAS 0)1 196A- 1 72 1)

BlAGENTS TO EXAMINE THEIR FILES FOR ADDITIONAL PERTINENT LEAD

I NFORhAT ION.

IN VIEW Oh THE PE (DING INVESTIGATION BY THE SACRAMENTO

DIVISION IT SHOILd 3E NOTED THAT WHEN FORMER SAC TED L. GUNDERSON

WAS INTERVIEWED BY BUAGENTS AT DALLAS ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1982,

RE WAS WEARING A SNUB NOSED REVOLVER. GUDDERSON STATED THAT

HE RAD A CALIFORNIA PERMIT TO CARRY THE WEAPON.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI •

FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (196A-2759)

RE : TED L. ^UNPERSONET AL ....

FBW; ITSP00: Dallas

Enclosed for the Bureau and Dallas are one copy eachof a letter dated 3/4/83 and multiple page report regarding aninvestigation conducted by GUNDERSON dated September 30, 1982.Also enclosed is a copy of a newsclipping pertaining to GUNDERSONpublished in the Los Angeles Daily News on 3/8/83.

Enclosed for Sacramento is a copy of GUNDERSON'sletter and newsclipping for information.

It is noted that on 3/9/83, GUNDERSON hand-deliveredthe enclosed letter and report to SAC RICHARD T. BRETZING ofthe Los Angeles Division.

rT}- Bureau (Encs. 3)^-''

(1 - Section Chief HAL HELTERHOFF - WCC)(1 - Section Chief SEAN MC WEENEY - OC)

2 - Dallas (Encs. 3) (196A-1721)2 - Sacramento (Encs. 2) (72-37) (Info) /

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2 - Los Angeless

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DLO0014 1340447

RR HQ On?

DE DL

130^

0F ii;v^'ISAfiOH

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/p\ FBI DALLAS ( 19SA- 1721) (P)

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ATT N:; WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL SE.DTION^^

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TED L .GUNDERSON, AKA $ ET AL ; DBA DEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

9400 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 314, DALLAS, TEXAS ; FBWs ITSP

OOs DALLAS.

RE DALLAS TELETYPE TO BUREAU, FEBRUARY 24, 1983

A REVIEW OF SII AND DII REOORDS CONFESCATED BY DALLAS FBI

ON NOVEMBER 17, 1982, REFLECT CORRESPONDENCE WHEREIN "ADVANCE

FEES" ARE REQUESTED OF^IEJffi^ SEE KING FUNDING FOR LARGE“ "iMpfy ^ **

| |

BUSINESS LOANS, $0WEMbY THE ABOVE|

LEADS ARE ALSO BEING SET FORTH TO INTERVIEW VICTIM CLIENTS

IN DETAIL RE DEALINGS WITH SII AND/OR DII.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

BT

#0014

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DL0GP13 145E146Z

PP HQ

NATIONAL^ JCNC.,VSASS INTER MAT 10 PAL , INC.j JSASS E NTEPTAINMENT

INC., 94P0 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 314 , DALLAS^JEXAS; FBW

ITSP, MF; 00: DALLAS.

COMPANY NAME S SASS INTERNATIONAL, INC., A® SASS ENTERTAIN-

MENTS, INC., HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED TO "Jf/j/- 3n ? 4^ s/̂ '^

PAP* TV'O DE DL #013 UNCLAS (DL 196A.-172 1)

RE DALLAS TELETYPE TO BUREAU, 5/1323.

TO DATE *A TOTAL OF SEVEN VICTIM CLIENTS OF SUBJECT

COMPANIES HAF BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE DALLAS DIVISION WHICH

ACTUALLY PAID "ADVA MO* FEES” IN ANT ICIPAT 10 N 0 F RECE IV ING

FUtDING FOR BUSINESS VENTURES. LOSSES BY THESE VICTIMS

TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $9 1 ,2 75. MISREPRESE NTAT 10 NS BY SUBJECTS

HAVE BEE N VER IFIED . A© FBW ELF. ME NT S E ST ABL ISHED .

SEVEN POSSIBLE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ALL OF

li'HICH HAVE HAD DIRECT 00 NT ACT WITH VICTIM CLIENTS. ALL SUB-

JECT COMPANIES ARE CURRENTLY BASICALLY DISSOLVED ; HOWEVER

,

ASSURE VICTIM CLIENTS THE FUNDING IS STILL FORTHCOMING.

LEADS ARE CURRENTL Y 0 UT STAND ING TO INTERVIEW SUBJECTS

AND VICT IMS TO SUBSTANTIATE ADDITIONAL FBW ELEMENTS. COR-

PORATE ATTORNEYS USED BY SUBJECT COMPANIES ARE BEING CONTACTED

AS WELL AS ALLEGED SOURCES OF COLLATERAL WHO COULD FURNISH

IRREVOCABLE LETTERS 0* CREDIT TO MAJOR BANKS ON BEHALF OF

*%

PAP’T T v»fe DS DL #0013 UNCLAS (BL 19 SA~ 1 72 1

5

VICTIM CLIENTS. T HP EUROPEAN CONTACT H IT V "UNICOOP", THE

ALLEGED SOURCE FOR FUNDING THE LOANS, IS ALSO BEING CO NT ACTED

TO DETERMINE T HE EXTENT OF COMMITTMENTS A® SPECIFIC DEALING^

WITH SUBJECT COMPANIES.

AU2LIARY OFFICES A® LEG AT HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CONDUCT

LEADS EXPEDIT IOUSLY.

UPON RECEIPT OF ABOVE INVESTIGATION THIS MATTER HILL

p£ PRESENTED TO THE AUSA FOP PROSECUTIVE OPINION. IT IS

ANTICIPATED THAT A PROSECUTIVE PEPORT HILL BE REQUESTED

PRIOR TO ANY PROSECUTIVE ACTION B IE KG TAKEN IN ORDER TO

ENABLE THE PROSECUTOR TO FULL Y UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF

EACH SUBJECT’S INVOLVEMENT A© TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF

COUNTS TO BE CHARGED AGAINST EACH SUBJECT.

ARMED A® DANGEROUS.

BT

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UNCLAS

Date 5/26/83

DIRECTOR, FBI

DALLAS (196A-1721) (P)

TED LrGUNDERSON ! aka:ET ALdba^DEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

^SASS INTERNATIONAL, INC. ,

6pSASS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.J 9400 CENTRAL—EXPRESSWAY

.

\ SU.ITF-3-1-4-,

\ DALLAS-.—TEXASFBW; ITSP; MF00 : DALLAS

Re Dallas teletype to Bureau , 5/24/83.

Enclosed are six cppies of an LHM.

It is requested that this matter be referred toLegal Attache, Bonn, Germany.

(T)- Bureau (Enc. 6^ ^(1 - Legat, Legal Attache, /

Bonn, Germany)2 - Dallas / >

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Victor f<?

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Approved:

53 JUL151983

Transmitted(Number)


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U.S. Department^^ustice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

In Reply, Please Refer to

F Me No.

Dallas, TexasMay 26, 1983

TED—jL . GUNDERSON, also known asTed%hindftrsop

;

also known as

(true name)

,

"alsoifenown as

known as

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Talso known as

doinc£>business as'

DEKLA 'INTERNATIONAL , INC

.

SASS INTERNATIONAL, INC.SASS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.9400 Central Expressway, Suite 314Dallas, Texas;FRAUD BY WIRE; INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATIONOF STOLEN PROPERTY; MAIL FRAUD

Investigation by the Dallas Division of the Federal Bureauof Investigation fFB Il hag rlp-hen-mH ngri fhaf during 1980 and early 1981,subject

| his and others operated an"Advance Fee" fraud in the Los Angeles, California, area. Their com-pany was named Jurane Group Limited (JCLf^ and they alleged access tomillions of dollars of international fundingProduction Nahdelmaatschappi , represented by

1

JGL was to provide funding for large business pro-.j&gtte i’n return for half interest in the business. After joint ven-tures were drawn up, "Advance Fees" were requested for processingexpenses. The subjects had no actual funding available and neverarranged any loans. This fraud matter is currently being prosecuted•>y the Burbank, California local authorities.

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During early 1982, moved his operation to Dallas,Cexas, and operated under the company names Sass Entertainment, Inc.[SEI) , Sass International, Inc^ jfSII) , and Dekla International, Inc.

^(DII) . DII was incorporated onYAugust 5, 1982, with offices located<£‘*W

'9~1T00 North Central Expressway. Suite 314, Dallas, and the] included

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in Charge for the FBI)Trl Ted Gunderson (former Special Agent

Clients developed by these Dallas based companies were toldthat a source for funding large business loans was through an inter-national trust, referred to as "Unicoop", loratpd—in—Amsterdam, HollandThe international contact for "Unicoop" was|

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who allegedlylent his company name. DII. basically as an export-import compan1 ooated atj

_ |telephone number

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and associates. The clients were told that limitedpartnerships had to be drawn up and partnership bank accounts esta-blished. Fee consideration' agreements and remission letters were thenrequested from the bank, and the subject company was to supply thesource to collateralize each loan. The trustee bank in turn was toissue a Letter of Credit and/or Promissory Note to the lender's Europeanbank, who then would allegedly wire transfer the funds, less remissions,to the borrower's fiduciary bank. The fiduciary bank was to be re-sponsible for disbursing the funds. Although many clients paid "Ad-vance Fees" and contacted their respective banks to receive and dis-burse the anticipated funding, no loans have been received, contraryto repeated representations that they would. Victim clients withindicated "Advance Fees" paid out, which have never received anticipatedfunding include:

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dbini'er'business as/l

Loss totals

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These anticipated loans totalled in the millions, with theclients not required to provide their own collateral.

LEADS

It is requested that doing business as

,[be interviewed regarding his association with

and associates, doing business as Dekla International, Inc.,Sass International, Inc., and Sas^ Entertainment, Inc., 9400 CentralExpressway, Suite .314. Da 1.

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s

r Texas. It is requested that it bedetermined from

| |if he actually received correspondence from

subject companies regarding processing large business loans on behalfof individually listed clients, noting that these loan requests totalin the millions of dollars, with no collateral required of the clients.It is requested that it be determined if I H has ever finalizedany loan request for subject companies, and if not, determine thecauses for delay and/or if such loans are actually, available or feasible.It is also requested that a representative of theHi^nrc.o.oP-." financial,

^ a exthr€(->f any^dealings wi€fi"liTleged affiliate,|acting on behalf of subject companies and/or clients.

Finally, it is requested that the specific qualifications for fundingthrough "Unicoop" be determined, and if subject companies or individ-ual clients appear to meet these qualifications.

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Memorandum fromRe: TED L. GUNDERSON

e to Mr. Reyel, b6

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>' Mr. Gunderson terminated his interview after SAC, Dallasdeclined to afford the file in this matter special security.Mr. Gunderson had insisted that the file be maintained in the SAC’Ssafe

.

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On 10/3/82, interviews, of victims in this matter indicate. that Mr. Gunderson actively participated in an alleged .'scheme to. defraud them through knowlingly making fraudulent misrepresentations

.

Investigation conducted to date indicates that sevenknown victims were knowingly defrauded out of $91,27:5.

On 11/17/82,. the Dallas Division obtained the abandoned. office records of Dekla International. Inc., from the subject’s

I These records, constitute documentary. evidence of the alleged scheme to. defraud.

On 12/2/82, USA’s Office, Dallas advised that they would. consider prosecution of the subjects including Gunderson, at leastfor Aiding and Abetting, Title 18, USC, Section. 2 and fraud by Wire,Title 18, USC, Section 1343.

On 1/2/83, a newspaper article appeared in a local Dallasnewspaper concerning Mr. Gunderson and the captioned matter. In thenewspaper article, Mr. Gunderson .stated that while president ofDekla International, Inc. , he knew of no front money being, collectedfrom clients. Statements, to FBI Dallas by former, clients andagreements signed by Mr. Gunderson directly contradict his statement.

A current investigation of and.others, by the Burbank, California, Police Department indicatesthat Mr . Gunderson traveled to Mexico on behalf of subject I

I I in another suspected advance fee fraud scheme. The victimsin this scheme paid in excess of $440,000 in advance fees.

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By letter, to the USA, Dallas, dated 1/13/83, Mr. Gundersonhas requested an opportunity to furnish, a statement to the USA priorto the return of any indictments in this matter. To. date, Mr. Gundersonhas not furnished a statement to the USA, Dallas . The USA has notresponded to the request and does not plan to respond.

|

would be afforded an opportunity to appear before the federal grandjury, Dallas.

b3

Recent investigation indicates that although Mr. Gundersonparticipated in efforts’ to locate funding for his. clients, throughcontacts with foreign financial sources, no such funding was everobtained

.

By teletype dated 5/24/83, Dallas advised that investi-gation is being expedited and this matter will be presented tothe USA’s Office in Dallas, upon completion of a comprehensiveprosecutive report.

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(RESTRICTED USE) ^

, Date:ie: 7- PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE

: DIRECTOR, FBI ClU-

iScwW

m prioPRIORITY ROUTINE

White House/WH/

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms/BATF/

Central Intelligence Agency/CIA/

CIA DCD/DCD/

Dept, of Energy HQS/DOEHQ/

Dept, of Energy Germantown DIV/DOE/

Dept, of Justice/DOJ/

Dept, of State/DOS/

Dept, of the Army/DA/

Dept, of Treasury/DOT/

Defense Intelligence Agency/DIA

/

Director National Security Agency/NSA/

Director Naval Investigative Service/DIRNAVINSERW

Drug Enforcement Admin ./DEA/

FAA Washington HQ/FAA/

HQ AFOSI Bolling AFBDC/AFOSI/

INSCOM Ft. Meade/INSCOM/

Nuclear Regulatory Commission/NRC/

U.S. Customs Service/UCS/

U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service/INS/

U.S. Secret Service/USSS/

Other:

Classification:

Addressee Internal Distribution

DO NOT FILE WITHOUT COMMUNICATIONS STAMP FBt/DOJ

USE AND PREPARATION OF FORM 0-73

Restrictions on Use

1 . Only incoming teletype messages within the<cate

0-73.

RECEIYFDTEL6TWL IM1T

ioriesJisted lection 16-1.7 pages 1 2517

& 1 252 may be prepared using form

2. Use of Form 0-73 is restricted to incoming teletyffKiriessages re'cejreft at FBIHQ Communications Center within the last 72 hours.

OF INVIIb uoAiIQr

3. Addressees must be Bureau Offices (LEGAT/Fieid) or other Government Agencies. Geographical location must be indicated if other

Government Agency is located outside the Washington, D.C. area.

4. Editing of message text is restricted to typed or printed changes of a word or two. Changes to the existing text involving more than a

word or two will require the originator to initiate a new message using Form 0-93. Administrative data may be added immediately

following the text and must be identical, for all addressees.

5. Teletype meesages received by the Communications Center that do not meet the above criteria shall be returned to the originator for

preparation using Form 0-93.

Preparation of 0-73 Form (Yellow)

1 . Date & Precedence -Type or print date and indicate precedence by checking the appropriate box.

2. Addressee(s) - Type or print addressee(s) immediately following the “TO:” or place a check mark in the appropriate box. Note: Whenusing block “Other,” indicate geographical location if addressee(s) is located outside Washington, D.C. If addressee(s) is a military

installation, the name of the base, fort, or station must be listed to ensure delivery.

3. Classification - Type or print the classification and if appropriate the caveat and warning notices.

4. Addressee Internal Distribution - Complete when the originator Wishes the message to be distributed to a known entity within a

Headquarters Agency (i.e. Division, Section, Unit, etc.). List the addressee(s) abbreviation and the internal distribution, i.e. a message to

Dept, of State, Dept, of Justice, and Defense Intelligence Agency; list on the “For” iine(s) as follows:

Example: For: DOS For SY/TAG; DOJ for Asst. AG Criminal Div.; DIA For DSOP.

Messages which do not list internal distribution shall be delivered to the agency headquarters where their analyst will effect in-house

distribution.

5. Subject - Type or print the subject in the space provided or check “see attached” if subject is identical to attached message.

6. Originator’s Boxes - Type or print the originator’s name, telephone extension, room number, and division.

7. Approved By Box - Indicate approval for transmission by initialing the approved by box. Note: The person approving the message is

solely responsible for assuring all necessary editing changes are accurate and are legible.

Preparation of Message To Be Transmitted

1 . Duplicate Copy & Notations - Xerox 1 copy of the incoming teletype message. A notation shall be made on the original incoming

teletype indicating one copy made for relay to SACS,(or LEGATS)

,(or Government Agencies) .

2. Editing of Duplicate Copy (Heading) - Using a lead pencil ONLY draw single lines through the first and last lines of the message

heading; connect these lines from top right to bottom left forming a “Z” figure. (Do Not Obliterate the Heading)

3. Editing Changes to the Text - (See Restrictions on Use, item 4)

4. Administrative Data - Type or print administrative data immediately following the text.

* i

DLO0013 1933345Z* A

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R 08211 1Z JUL 83

RECEIVEDTELETYPF UNi I

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FM FBI DALLAS C196A-1721) fl?)INVtSTIGATI0H

I TO DIRECTOR, FBI (196-3895) ROUTINE

/ FBI ALBUQUERQUE ROUTINE

FBI BOSTON ROUTINE

FFI HOUSTON (19SA-1459) ROUTINE

FBI LOS ANGELES (196B71342) ROUTINE

FBI PORTLAND ROUTINE

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UNCLAS

TILi:vgpj^ DgRSON , AKA? ET AL? DBA DEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC., 3ASS

I NTERNATIONAL, INC

. , SASS ENTERTAINMENT,, _INC.

,

SUITE 314, DALLAS, TEXAS? FBl>J; ITSP; MF? 00 ! DALLAS /

RE DALLAS AIRTEL TO ALBUQUERQUE, MAY 25, 1983? DALLAS AIRTEL

3UREAU, AND LEGAT, BONN, GERMANY, MAY 26, 1983, AND TELCALL FROM

SUPERVISOR WCC. FBTHO Tn raiiac mi v t /* U™IS0R

I IWCC, FBIHQ TO DALLAS, JULY 7, 1983,- 4,

FOR INFORMATION RECEIVING OFFICES, ON JUNE ^3, 19S3, TED L.

GUNDERSON ALSO BECAME THE SUBJECT OF DALLAS FILE 87A-89551, ENTITLED

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PAGE TWO DE DL #0013 UNCLAS (DL 19SA 1721)

TED L. GUNDERSONj THEFT OF 10 PAGES AND NOTEBOOK CONTAINING

TRADE SECRETS OF GROUND WORK MINING COMPANY (GWMC), VALUED AT

$500,000* 00: DALLAS. THIS CASE INVOLVES THE BURGLARY OF A TRAILER

WHEREIN THE FORMULA AND CHEMICAL PROCEDURE FOR A COSMETIC PRODUCT WERE

STOLEN.| |

AND GUNDERSON HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE SUBJECTS THAT

ILLEGALLY ENTERED THE TRAILER ON JUNE 3, '1983, AND THE AUSA, NDT

,

DALLAS, TEXAS, HAS REQUESTED ITSP BE CONDUCTED. INVESTIGATION PENDING

RE THIS MATTER.

IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, AND THE BUREAU’S INTEREST IN INSTANT CASE,

SUPERVISOR WCC, FBIHQ , HAS REQUESTED THAT ALL OUTSTANDING

INVESTIGATION IN INSTANT MATTER BE COMPLETED AND REPORTED TO DALLAS

DIVISION BY JULY 18, 1983.

THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO FORWARD A COPY OF THIS COMMUNICATION TO

LEGAT, LEGAL ATTATTACHE, BONN, GERMANY.

ALL OTHER RECEIVING OFFICES ARE REQUESTED TO EXPEDITE COVERAGE

OF OUTSTANDING LEADS AND REPORT RESULTS TO DALLAS DIVISION BY JULY

IS, 1983, PER REQUEST OF THE BUREAU.

#0013

NNNN

LEG-7 (Rev. 7-7-80)

Memorandum * *

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To : Director, FBI (196-3895

\Dafe

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: Legal Attache, BONN(196A-153

) (P

)

Subject: ted LAUNDERSON, aka;ET AL;DBA DEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC.;ET AL;FBW; ITSP; MF(00: DL) Reference: Bucab 7/9/83, relaying DLtel 7/9/83;

and DLairtel and LHM 5/26/83.

f

Dissemination, as outlined below, was made on dates indicated.

copies of

£ Pertinent information from re Dallas LHM.

Name and Location of Agency

r Bureau

(1 - Foreign Liaison Desk)

Date Furnished

mi i %b7D

NOT RECORDED

12 JUL 21 1983

FBI/ DOJ

jr

. R. 03121 0Z AUG *3

^ FM B6RN Cl 96 A- 155 rljfe®'

TO DIRECTOR (196-3895) ROUTINE 7^8-0 3

L'I'W

HJCLAS E\ F T 0

r>i 7

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TED L. MSUNDE RS ON, AKA; ET /Lj DBA DE KLA INTERNATIONA-,

INC., SASS INTERNATIONAL, INC., SASS ENTERTAINMENT, INC

9100 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 314, DALLAS, TEXAS;

FEW ; ITS P; MF (00; DALLAS).

REEONCAB JULY S, 1983.

IN A TELEX DATED JULY 29, 1983,

ADVISED AS FCLLOUS

^ .DE-95 ( /(//

AU6 9 1983

/

PAGE TWO - BON 196 A- 153 UNCLAS E FT 0

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATHIS INFORM ATI ON WAS (STAINED PURSUANT TO AN EXPRESS

PROMISE CF CONFIDENTIALITY. IT WAS PROVIDED WITH THE

UNDERS TANDING THAT THE INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED FOR THE

CFFENSES AND SHOULD NOT BE DI SSEM INATED TO AN A3ENCY CR

INDIVIDUAL NOT HAVING SUCH A FUNCTION.

LEGAT, BONN HAS REQUESTED TO INTERVIEW

AT UNI COOP.

\DM INISTRATI VE;

FBI HQ REQUESTED TO RETRANSMIT TO EL (196 ft- 1721).

1 08

AUGUST 5, 118

fi[ .w. c o.:

UNCLAS ROUTINE

SFlQaiDRR DLIEDE H<2 HOlDfl ^HEGVUIDR Sl cJ4aZ AUG S3

FM DIRECTOR FBI 11^-3355}

TO FBI DALLAS -Cl5 LA-17 HI 3- ROUTINE

Lunclas

JED L- GUNDERSON-. AKAi ET ALi FBUi ITSPi MFi 00: DALLAS

REDLTEL TO BUREAU-. 7/2/33.

DALLAS IS REQUESTED TO ADVISE BY TELETYPE-. THE STATUS

„0F CAPTIONED INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTIVE OPINION OF U-S-

.ATTORNEY-. DALLAS-

SUBMIT RESPONSE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES

.UNIT-, FBIHC2

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DO mr UITHOUT CW^vt.JCATIONS ST'rtt

AUG id 1383

MESSAGE RELAY VIA TELETYPE(RESTRICTED USE)

Date:

FM: DIRECTOR, FBI

PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE PRIORITY

*

A 1

/tyx

ROUTINE

White House/WH/



CIA DCD/DCD/




Dept, of State/DOS/



Defense Intelligence Agency/DIA

/

BT

Classification : UMtldSAddressee Internal Distribution

For:

oDirector National Security Agency/NSA/

Director Naval Investigative Service/DIRNAVINSERV/

Drug Enforcement Admin./DEA/








Other:


Restrictions on Use

1 . Only incoming teletype messages within the categories listed in MIOG Section 1 6-1 .7 pages 1 251 & 1 252 may be prepared using form

0-73.

2. Use of Form 0-73 is restricted to incoming teletype messages received at FBIHQ Communications Center within the last 72 hours.

3. Addressees must be Bureau Offices (LEGAT/Field) or other Government Agencies. Geographical location must be indicated if other


eP £4. Editing of message text is restricted to typed or printed changes of a word or two.. Changes to the existing^exfcipvolviSjg igjjre than a

word or two will require the originator to initiate a new message using Form 0-93. Administrative data msJy'be acKJk| imriiaSately

following the text and must be identical, for all addressees. * < ^ ^

& v%5. Teletype meesages received by the Communications Center that do not meet the above criteria shall be returned to fie originator for

preparation using Form 0-93. ^ *2*

’A*'

Preparation of 0-73 Form (Yellow) jyg; ^&


2. Addressee(s) - Type or print addressee(s) immediately following the “TO:” or place a check mark in the appropriate box. Note: Whenusing block “Other,” indicate geographical location if addressee(s) is located outside Washington, D.C. If addressee(s) is a military

installation, the name of the base, fort, or station must be listed to ensure delivery.


4. Addressee Internal Distribution - Complete when the originator wishes the message to be distributed to a known entity within a


Dept, of State, Dept, of Justice, and Defense Intelligence Agency; list on the “For” line(s) as follows:

Example: For: DOS For SY/TAG; DOJ for Asst. AG Criminal Div.; DIA For DSOP.Messages which do not list internal distribution shall be delivered to the agency headquarters where their analyst will effect in-house

distribution.




solely responsible for assuring all necessary editing changes are accurate and are legible.



teletype indicating one copy made for relay to SACS,(or LEGATS)

,(or Government Agencies)





f

LEGAT , BONN IS REQUESTING CLARIFICATION FROMj

REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT THE OFFICIAL WITH UNICOOP WAS

ACTUALLY CONTACTED. WILL SUTEL RESULTS.

THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN EXPRESS/

PROMISE OF CONFIDENTIALITY. IT WAS PROVIDED WITH THE

IHDERSTANDING THAT THE INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED FOR THE

EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING OR INVESTIGATING CRIMINAL

OFFENSES AND SHOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED TO ANY AGENCY

OR INDIVIDUAL NOT HAVING SUCH A FUNCTION. V

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*0-7.3 (RfcV. 3-31-82)

FM: DIRECTOR, FBI

£/'


#, PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE PRIORITY ROUTINE

White House/WH/


Central Intelligence Agericy/CIAT^

CIA DCD/DCD/




Dept, of State/DOS/



Defense Intelligence Agency/DIA/

Director National Security Agency/NSA/










Other:

Classification:


IQln - j

Subject:


Restrictions on Use

1 . Only incoming teletype messages within the categories listed in MIOG Section 1 6-1 .7 pages 1 261 & 1 252 may be prepared using form

0-73.


3. Addressees must be Bureau Offices (LEGAT/Field) or other Government Agencies. Geographical location must be indicated if other


4. Editing of message text is restricted to typed or printed changes of a word or two. Changes to the existing text involving more than a


following the text and must be identical, for all addressees.

5. Teletype meesages received by the Communications Center that do not meet the above criteria shall be returned to the originator for



o **•“

Date & Precedence -Type or print date and indicate precedence by checking the appropriate box.

co C3

Addressee(s) - Type or print addressee(s) immediately following the “TO:” or place a check mark in the appr6iWateic»8 Note: Whenusing block “Other,” indicate geographical location if addressee(s) is located outside Washington, D.ci; If ad<jEae^see(s*)3s a military

installation, the name of the base, fort, or station must be listed to ensure delivery. cT>r

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Classification - Type or print the classification and if appropriate the caveat and warning notices.

Addressee Internal Distribution - Complete when the originator Wishes the message to be distributed to a known entity within a



Example: For: DOS For SY/TAG; DOJ for Asst. AG Criminal Div.; DIA For DSOP,


distribution.




solely responsible for assuring ail necessary editing changes are accurate and are legible.


1 . Duplicate Copy & Notations * Xerox 1 copy of the incoming teletype message. A notation shall be made on the original incoming

teletype indicating one copy made for relay to SACS,(or LEGATS) ,

(or Government Agencies)





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fO DIRECTOR C19S-3895) ROUTINE

DALLAS a9SA-i72l)C37A-2D351) ROUTINE

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UNCLAS f’ejtotaEw.

rjTED L. GUNDERSONS ET ALj FDW; ITSPS MF

FOR THE INFORMATION OF RECEIVING OFFICES, LOS

ANGELES .DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAD FILED A STATE FELONY

complaint charging

WITH

|IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION OF THE JURANE

GROUP, AN ADVANCE FEE FRAUD DURING 19S0-L981. THE_ARE CURRENTLY FUGITIVES AND THE LOCAL

AUTHORITIES HAVE ADVISED THEY WILL EXTRADITE THE

IF LOCATED.

LOS ANGELES INFORMANT HAS ADVISED THAT LAST

KNOWN LOCATION FOR THE| |WAS

DURING

MAUG 24 1983

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PAGE TWO (LA 1$>0~38$5) UNCLAS

LOS ANGELES CONTINUING LOGICAL INVESTIGATION.

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0-73 (Rev. f 1-82)

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FM: DIRECTOR, FBI


PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE PRIORITY

TO:

ROUTINE

White House/WH/



ClADCD/DCD/




Dept, of State/DOS/



Defense Intelligence Agency/DIA/

BT

Director National Security Agency/NSA/ -




HQ AFOSI Boiling AFBDC/AFOS1/

1NSCOM Ft. Meade/INSCOM/



U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service/iNS/


Other: . —

Classification: LA.O


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RestrictlonsTon Use

AND PREPARATION OF FORM 0-73

1 . Only incoming teletype messages within the categories listed in MIOG Section 1 6-1 .7 pages 1251 & 1 252 may be prepared using form

0-73. -


3.

Addressees must be Bureau Offices (LEGAT/Field) or other Government Agencies. Geographical location must be indicated if other

Government Agency Is located outside the Washington, D.C. area.

4.

Editing of message text is restricted to typed or printed changes of a word or two. Changes to the existing text involving more than a


following the text and must be identical for all addressees.

5.

.Teletype meesages received by the Communications Center that do not meet the above criteria shall be returned to the originator for




2. Addressee(s) - Type or print addressee(s) immediately following the “TO:” or place a check mark in the appropriate box. Note: When

using block “Other,” indicate geographical location if addressee(s) is located outside Washington, D.C. If addressee(s) is a military

installation, the name of- the base, fort, or station must be listed to ensure delivery.


4. Addressee Internal Distribution - Complete when the originator wishes the message to be distributed to a known entity within a



Example: For: DOS For SY/TAG; DOJ for Asst. AG Criminal Div,; DIA For DSOP.


distribution.


6. Originator’s Boxes - Type or print the originator's name, telephone extension, room number, and division.

7. Approved By Box - indicate approval for transmission by initialing the approved by box. Note: The person approving the message is

solely responsible for assuring ail necessary editing changes are accurate and are legible.



teletype indicating one copy made for relay to SACS (or LEGATS) (or Government Agencies) .



3. Editing Changes to the Text • (See Restrictions on Use, item 4)

Administrative Data - Type or print administrative data immediately following the text.

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R i'9073 Sff^AUG 83

FM BONN t=J_53) (P)

TO DIRECTOR/<t96-3895) ROUTINE 837-18

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FBW; ITSP; MF COO: DALLAS).

REBONCAB , 8/3/83.-f<

PAGE TWO BON 19SA-153 UNCLAS E F T 0

THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN EXPRESS

PROMISE OF CONFIDENTIALITY. IT 6/AS PROVIDED WITH THE

UNDERSTANDING THAT THE I NFORMATION WAS FURNISHED FOR THE

EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING OR INVESTIGATING CRIMINAL

OFFENSES AND SHOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED TO ANY AGENCY OR

INDIVIDUAL NOT HAVING SUCH A FUNCTION.

LEGAT, BONN WILL FORWARD TO DALLAS THE APPLICATION FORMS

AND LIST OF PROSPECTIVE BORROWERS OF DEKLA/UNI COOP UPON

RECEIPT.

D-36 (Riv. 5-22-78),

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TRANSMIT VIA:t *

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PRECEDENCE:

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UNCLAS E F T 0

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (196-3895)

FROM: LEGAT, BONN (196A-153) (RUC)oTED L. GUNDERSON , aka.?

~ET AL?_.

dba DEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC.,SASS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,SASS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

,

9400 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY,SUITE 314, DALLAS, TEXAS;FBW; ITSP; MF(00: DALLAS)

ReBoncab to the Director," 8/19/83.

Enclosed for the Bureau and Dallas is one copy each ofthe following documents:

Letter dateJ

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JL_[

The enclosed material was received from|in referenced cable.

35Since there is fcurrently no outstanding investigation at

Legat, Bonn, this matterbis RUC^ ^:V

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TO DIRECTOR FBIy(1S6-359 5) ROUT I RE

ATTERTip^f: r FINANCIAL CRIMES UKIT, FBI HO.

F? I .ALB U DU <LR PU E 30 U T I ME

FBI BOSTON ROUT IKE

FBI LOS ANOELES C19SA-B759) ROUT I RE

FBI UE'j ORLEANS ROUTINE

A«1sir . !

VNCLA

TED LrTrE r^A^ -V<A, ET AL ? IT3P ? HFj 00; DALLAS.

PE DALLAS AIFTEL TO ALBUPUSRPUS, DATED 5/B5/23; DALLAS AIRTEL

TO DEV OPLEAD' , DATED S/1 /33s DALLAS TELETYPE TO BUREAU . DATED

7/9 1/33? ADD BUREAU TELETYPE TO DALLAS, DATED 3/5/~^^ ~~Z/FOP INFORMATION OF BUREAU, TO DATE, THE DALLAS DIVISION HAS HOT

RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF ALL 0UTS T A YD IRC P’VESTIBATIO K REQUESTED OF

AUXILIARY OFFICES. THIS INFORMATION! IS VITAL BEFORE A DETAILED

DISCUSS 10 M OF EACH SUBJECT’S INVOLVEMENT CAM BE CONDUCTED HITH THE

AUG 16 1933

DLO005 2021639Z

RR HQ AQ BS LA

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AjR 21 1 621 Z JUL 83

2 i Jm. S3 l?MzI C. V (-• i . «-» UOF INVESTIGATION

FM FBI DALLAS <196A-L72i>

TO DIRECTOR, FBl/196-3895) ROUTINE

FBI ALBUQUERQUE ROUTINE

FBI BOSTON ROUTINE

FBI LOS ANGELES C196A-2759) ROUTINE

BT

UNCLAS

TED L. GUNDERSON, AKA; ET AL; FBW? ITSP; MF; 00: DALLAS

RE DALLAS AIRTEL TO ALBUQUERQUE, 5/25/83; DALLAS TELE

TYPE TO DIRECTOR, 7/8/83; LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO DALLAS,

7/15/83. //C-? J "W 1

FOR INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU RESULTS OF RECENT INVESTI-

GATION RECEIVED FROM AUXILIARY OFFICES TEND TO SUPPORT THE

FACT THAT SUBJECT Md ASSOCIATES DID-

NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PERFORM AND SIMPLY CONDUCTED AN 2 gen <2?. ',;£3

"ADVANCE FEE" SCHEME. - —ON JUNE 10, 1983, THE LOS ANGELES DIVISION INTERVIEWED

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WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT GUNDERSON WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE

r.OMPANY l IACT HALLY RAN THE OPERATION AND THAT IN HIS

OPINION GUNDERSON WAS SIMPLY A "FRONT" TO LEGITIMISE THE

OPERATION.

V

PAGE THREE DE DL #0005 UNCLAS

EXPEDITE HAND LI NG OF OUTSTANDING LEADS AT LOS ANGELES AND

SAN BERNARDINO. LOS ANGELES IS FURTHER REQUESTED TO LOCATE

AND INTERVIEW

REGARDING HIS ASSOCIATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS MATTER.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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TO DIRECTOR, FBI ( 196-3895) ROUTINE

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TED L. GUNDERSON, AKA? ET AL? FBW; ITSP? MF? 00 s DALLAS

RE DALLAS TELETYPE TO FBI HQ DATED JULY 21, 1933

REFERENCED TELETYPE FAILED TO SET FORTH THAT DALLAS .

PLANS TO PRESENT THIS MATTER TO THE 11. S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE,

DALLAS, FOR A PROSECUTIVE OPINION IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT OF

tNVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS AT ALBUQUERQUE, BOSTON AND LOS

ANGELES. THE BUREAU WILL BE KEPT APPRISED OF INVESTIGATIVE

DEVELOPMENTS.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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TRANSMIT VIA:

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PRECEDENCE:

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*CLASSIFICATION:

TOP SECRET

SECRET

CONFIDENTIAL

UNCLAS E F T 0

UNCLAS

DIRECTOR, FBI. ) /

(ATTN: OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS)

SAC, LOS ANGELES (80-3)

PUBLIC RELATIONS MATTERS

vEnclosed for the Office of Congressional and Public

Affairs (OCPA) is one copy of an article ^htitled "Firm'sOperators Face Grand Theft Charges" which appeared in theAugust 5, 1983 edition of the Daily News / a daily newspaperserving the San Fernando Valley area, Los Angeles Division.

The article is bein^Eorwarded to OCPA in view offormer Los Angeles SAC Ted L rbunderson '

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name appearing inthe article.

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Grand theft charges werefiled Thursday against the oper-ators of a Burbank firm that so-licited advanced fees for loans it

never made.

David A. Jurgenson andJohanna G. Jurgenson — whoare fugitives — operated theJurane Group Ltd. from Sept. 5,

1980, until January 1981, ac-cording to a complaint filed bythe Los Angeles District Attor-ney's office.

The Jurgensons — who alsoused the names Alan Blair andLinda Blair — claimed to haveaccess to funds in Europe andthe Rosicrucian Order.

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Neither was true, accordingto the investigation by the dis-trict attorney's major frauds un-it and the Burbank Police De-partment.

.The Jurgensons — through

' word of mouth and loan finders— located people seeking largeloans for business develop-ments.

In return for the loan money,the Jurane Group would receivea half-interest in the project; Inaddition, the Jurgensons ortheir employees would seek an^advanced fee of up to one per-Jcent of the loan.

“Twenty-five victims paidf

$440,000 in advance fees. Noloans were ever arranged andno victims received their ad-vanced money back, contrary to

representations that they'would," according .to papersfiled with the complaint in LogAngeles Municipal Court.

The II victims named in thecomplaint, who lost more thau$200,000, are from all over Cali-^fornia. They include condomini-urn developers, movie producttipn companies, construction;companies and shopping center*developers. c

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One victim was a participant;in the long planned but not built

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Oakland World Trade Center *

who was told he would receive !$188 million in funding after an!advanced fee of $52,000 was!paid to the Jurane Group.

“After the advance fee was;paid the victim maintained fre-?

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quent contact with the Jurane^Group and was continually"stalled with representations; -

that the money had been ob-tained and would be paid immi~;nently," state the court docu-;'ments. * v

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A Daily News story lastvMarch disclosed that the Dallas^ :

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FBIoffice was investigating for-;-

mer top Los Angeles. FBI offi-.j --

cial, Ted L. Gunderson, who-.,worked for Jurgenson in Texas.; -

That investigation is continu->ing. . '

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Dallas FBI officials reportdj'

Gunderson’s role — if any,-- in?the scheme was small. • , l

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Memorandum

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From : I

Subject: TED LAUNDERS OF

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Exec AD Adm. —Exec AD lnv,^„

Exec AD LES _Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv*

Ident.

Insp.

Intel 1.

Lab

Legal Coun.

Off. Cong. &Public Affs, _

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs. _Training

Telephone Rm. _Director's Soc'y .

PURPOSE:

To advise of the status of captioned matter in which former

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t— * m m jr n j * • r* -i $ / *' I / ISpecial Agent in Charge Ted Gunderson is a subject of an advancet^d/praudby wire investigation in the Dallas and Los Angeles Divisions./ ClL-|

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RECOMMENDATION: 1 C/ i lj

None, for information only.

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On 9/8/82, the Dallas Division instituted a Fraud by Wire(FBW) investigation concerning allegedly fraudulent letters of loancommitment being issued by Dekla International of Dallas, Texas.Information from several sources in the banking industry indicatesthat the letters of loan commitment are drawn on a bank in Amsterdam,the Netherlands. These allegedly fraudulent financial instrumentswere being purchased with substantial advance fees and were utilizedto finance speculative business ventures through AmericanTsanks

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One of these commitment letters was signed by Ted Gunderson-as President of Dekla International. Mr. Gunderson, a former SAC',subsequently resigned as President of Dekla International.

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Based on information received from the Dallas Division,the case against Gunderson appears to be weak inasmuch as Gundersonwas an officer in captioned enterprise for only six weeks and it ispossible that he was unaware of any fraudulent activities on thepart of other subjects.

On 10/26/83, the Dallas Division advised telephonicallythat at the completion of one remaining interview, the facts ofthis case would be presented to the U. S. Attorney's Office, Dallas,for prosecutive opinion. Recipients will be kept advised ofdevelopments in this case as they occur.

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AIDING A ‘D ABETTING. KO’JEV^ ikiitlUEST:*D THAT A DEI AILEd

PROSECUTIVE REPORT BE SUBMITTED FOR HI., TO REVIEW PRIOR TO TAXING

TH^, TRIAL D ET LN i-il HAT ION CON CEi; ’] I NG GUNJ EA SON' S TOTAL I NDGL VEHENT

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PUKT PEA REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION BE CONDUCTED

TO SUB ST A iT IATE TWO OF THE ANTICIPATED COUNTS,

IT IS EXPECT iD 1 EAT THE HE CUESTED ADD ITIOWAL INVEST I GAT I ON

CAN BE COID UCT ED AID A PROSECUTIVE REPORT BE SUBMITTED FOR

fiEVIIW BY I'iD -JANUAJ? Y, IDEA. ANTICIPATED

THAT THE CASE WILL BE PuESEriTlD TO A FEDERAL GRA il) JURY DURING

EITKE2 FET-R LA.'; Y OK ('.An CM, IDEA, AM) THAT THE FATT En WILL Sit SEi

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.- I NG T HI APFRE’HEKSION OF ALL SUBJECTS.

IT SMOILD EE NOTED THAT THE CURA I FT WhlEEABOOTs OF dUbJeDis

UNKNOWN AiD THAT BOTH ARE FUGITIVES WANTED BY THE B UP.BANK

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CAL I FOR HIA , AUT HOI HIES FOR 0P2RAT IKG A SluILAR SCHEME.

LOS ANGELES DIVISION IS RECuE&TED TO EXPEDITE COVERAGE OF

OITST AND I EG PENDING LEADS IN CAD ,02 THAT T He RESULTS OF THE

INVEST IG AT ION CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE PROSECUTIVE REPORT DUE

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Memorandum4

Ir .. Revell Date 12/21/83

Subject : TED L . PERSON . AKA TED GUNDERSON:

Exec AD Adm.

Exec AD ln^.

Exec AD LES

Asst.

Ident. LInsp.

Intell.

Lab.

Legal Coun.

Off. Cong. &Public Affs.

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

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Director's Sec'y

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PURPOSE:

To advise of the status of captioned matter „.in ifyhich formerSpecial Agent in Charge Ted Gunderson is a subject c^Z/an advance fee/fraudby wire investigation in the Dallas and Los Angeles îîîons

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On 9/8/82, the Dallas Division instituted a Fraud by Wire(FBW) investigation concerning allegedly fraudulent letters of loancommitment being issued by Dekla International of Dallas, Texas*Information from several sources in the banking industry indicatesthat the letters of loan commitment are drawn on a bank in Amsterdam,the Netherlands. These allegedly fraudulent financial instrumentswere being purchased with substantial advance fees and were utilizedto finance speculative business ventures through American banks.

One of these commitment letters was signed by Ted Gundersonas President of Dekla International. Mr. Gunderson/^^6rmez^ SAC

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subsequently resigned as President of Dekla Intern^ra'a.ofxaL

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I to Mr . Revell MemorandumGUNDERSON

The Dallas Division has previously advised FBIHQ thatthe case against Gunderson appeared to be weak inasmuch as Gundersonwas an officer of captioned enterprise for only six weeks , apparentlydid not receive any proceeds generated by captioned fraud, andpossibly was unaware of any fraudulent activities on the part ofother subj ects

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However, Dallas now advises that a review of allinformation obtained to date indicates that Gunderson possessed thenecessary scienter to make for a prosecutable case. Based upondiscussions with the Assistant U. S. Attorney, Northern Districtof Texas (NDT) , it appears that Gunderson will be included alongwith other captioned subjects as either a principal or aider andabettor in a bill of indictment charging Mail Fraud, Fraud by Wire,and/or Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. Dallas antici-pates that this matter will be presented to the Federal grand jury,NDT, during either February or March, 1984.

Dallas advises that a prosecutive report will be availableby mid-January, 1984, and that FBIHQ will be kept advised of pertinentdevelopments in this matter.

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REFERENCE : Dallas teletype to the Bureau dated 12/14/83.

INFORMANTS

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Dekla International, IncSASS International, Inc.SASS Entertainment , Inc

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9400 Central Expressway.,Suite 314,Dallas, Texas

(Informants Cont.)

w tne pasthas furnished information

of this investigation to avoid the possibility of influencinghis pursuit of sensational information not in violation ofFederal law.

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nxTQg-Mo-q-Mnri disclosed that the address|

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as GUNDERSON [residence, is nonresidence was subsequently located at I

| California which matched the description furnishedby the informant.

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atOn 7/13/.83, an attempt was made to locate

Although the sound of voices could heheard from the residence upon the agent's arrival, no oneresponded to the agent's repeated doorbell ringing and knocking

On 7/14/ 83, an attempt was made to locate

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» Pico and Bundy Boulevard, West Las—Annele^[ who declined to be identified, claimed I

had not been associated with that business for 4 to 5 months.

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Narrative of Offense g

Enclosures for United StatesAttorney, Dallas C

Names of Defendants g

Prosecutive Status g

Witnesses g

Evidence G

Arrest Reports 1

Table of Contents forReport Forms (FD-302s) 2

Report Forms (FD-302s) 3

Miscellaneous

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Copy *o: 1 _ USA, Dallas(ATTN: AUSA

Report of: SA |

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QHiee: Dallas, Texas

Field Office File #: 196A-1721 Bureau Fite #: 196-3895

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Narrative of Offense:

This investigation was instituted upon receipt ofinformation from an investigator with the Comptroller of Currency,Washington, D. C.

,on September 8, 1982, that recent activities of

two customers of Allied Bank, Dallas, Texas, reflected that apossible "Advance Fee" scheme was being perpetrated in Dallas.

Investigation by the Dallas Division of the Federal Bureauof Investigation CEELI has determi ned ‘that during 1980 and early 1981,subject

|and others operated an k>6

"Advance Fee" fraud in the Los Angeles, California area. Their com- b7

pany was named JURANE GROUP LIMITED (JGL), and they alleged access to

millions of dollars of international funding through "Dofe-i a "

Algemeine Production Nahdelmaatschappi, represented by|

from Amsterdam, Netherlands., JGL was to provide funding for largebusiness projects in return for half interest in the business.After joint ventures were drawn up, "Advance Fees" were requestedfor processing expenses. The subjects had no actual funding availableand never arranged any loans. This fraud matter is currently beingprosecuted by the Burbank, California local authorities.

During early 1982, moved his operation to Dallas,Texas, and operated under the company names SASS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.( SEI ) , SASS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (SII), and DEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC.(DII). DII was incorporated on August 5, 1982, with offices locatedCL L Li! LCUtiCtiof Directors includedin Charge for the FBI'

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Clients developed by these Dallas based companies were toldthat a source for funding large business loans was through an inter-national trust, referred to as "Unicoop", located in Amsterdam, Holland.The international contact for "Unicoop" was I I who allegedlylent his company name? DII, basically an export-import company,

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to I land associates. The clients were told that limited

partnerships had to be drawn up and partnership bank accounts

established. Fee consideration agreements and remission letters

were then requested from the bank, and the subject company was to

supply the source to collateralize each loan. The trustee bank

in turn was to issue a Letter of Credit and/or Promissory Note to

the lender's European bank, who then would allegedly wire transfer

the funds, less remissions, to the borrower’s fiduciary bank. The

fuduciary bank was to be responsible for disburing the funds.

Although many clients paid "Advance Fees" and contacted their

respective banks to receive and disburse the anticipated funding,

no loans have been received, contrary to repeated representations

that they would.

victim clients of the I Ibased companies included

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The anticipated loans oT tiie victims to taneu

in the millions, witn the clients not required to provide their

own collateral.

GUNDERSON initially became involved with this group

of individuals during early 1982, when his Los Angeles, California

based security and investigative firm contracted to conduct•financial and background checks of SEI clients.

fadvised GUNDERSON that he would like him to become president

of DII and GUNDERSON accepted. GUNDERSON subsequent!.Lr^CUNDERSON

documents as President of DII. During FBI interview GUNDERSON

stated that he actually had very l^r|eIl^wledge=about^II

Bahd

the financial business, but felt that,—

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qp +~ ininrfiSSwanted someone with a recognizable name tney could use to impress

and his associates

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the public with in operating their companies. However, investi-gation determined that at the time GUNDERSON was financially broke,

and that even prior to accepting the position of President of DII,

he had knowledge that subject|

hadpreviously been convicted in Federal Court, Lake Charles,Louisiana, for fraud, and that I I had other felony charges

pending in Dallas County, Texas. GUNDERSON was active in the

daily operations of DII, and executed documents in his capacity

as President.

Investigation determined that subject I .—|

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—has an arrest record for theft/fraud offenses, and that his

|| was very knowledgeable of, and

active in, the company's day to day activities. Subjects|

lanri I l were responsible

for the daily operations of the companies, and both made

numerous misrepresentations to victim clients. also has

an extensive arrest record.

SUBJECTS GUNDERSON ANDARMED AND DANGEROUS.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED

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Enclosed for the United States Attorney (USA),

Dallas, Texas, is one copy each of the following:

(1) Brochure entitled "International Trust Loans".

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District Attorn1982, regarding

Investigator's Report for Los Angeles Countyex T.ns Anp-files. California, dated December 14,

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NAMES OFDEFENDANTS

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1. THEODORE L. GUNDERSON, also known as Ted Gunderson,described as

:

.Race,Nat.ionality..Sex.

Date of Birth.Place of BirthBusiness Address

White.American..Male-

jColoxado. ...Springs . Co lorado,

Ted L. Gunderson & Associates, Inc.

Westwood Center,1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 1200Los Angeles, California. 90024Telephone Number 213/208-4775

Full text of interview pages 128-151, attached.

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Dekla International, Inc9400 Central ExpresswaySuite 313Dallas, Texas (Former)

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3. described as

Race‘'

Nationality_Sex_Date__pf B .ir_th_Piacejof Births"HeightWeightHairEyesScars and MarksSocial—Sac.uri.tyAccount NumberDrivers LicenseNumberFBI Number,Texas Department ofPublicNumberOccupationEmployer

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described as:also known as

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Sex.

Date of Birth

HeightWeightHairEyesScars and Marks

Social _S.e.cur.i.tyAccount NumberDrivers LicenseNumbers

FBI Number

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PROSECUTIVE STATUS:

1 . On December 2, 1982, the tacts of this case, as developed to

date, dismissed with Assistant United States Attorney3

I I . _ h • * r> m / HTTMTI \

(AUSA)[Dallas, Texas, f

Northern District of Texas (NDT),

i"Advised that upon completion

of the investigation, the case should result in successful

indictments of several subjects. He stated that it appears

that a definite complicity exists among the individual

subjects involved in the scheme and that, due to the close

association of former FBI official TED GUNDERSON with the

group and GUNDERSON'S personal contact with the victims,

coupled with GUNDERSON'S efforts to arrange bank accounts

for the payments and disbursements of monies on behalf of

the group, it appears that GUNDERSON will quite possibly

be considered as at least a defendant under the Aiding and

Abetting Statutes.

ladvised that the investigation appears worth-

while and that, based on the investigation conducted to date,

there was a far greater probability for successful

indictments than not.

2. On December 13, 1983, advised that based on

investigation, it appears that the FBI has developed about

six principals involved in approximately seven indictable

counts in violation of either Mail Fraud, Fraud by Wire,

Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property ,Aiding and

Abetting, or combinations thereof. He stated that based on

preliminary discussions, it appears that former Special

Agent in Charge (SAC) TED L. GUNDERSON would be included as

either a principal or be charged with Aiding and Abetting.

He requested that a detailed prosecutive report be

submitted for review prior to making any final determination

regarding GUNDERSON'S total involvement. He also requested

additional investigation be conducted relative to two of

the anticipated counts. He requested the prosecutive report

be submitted some time during January or February, 1984.

On September 1, 1983, the District Attorney’s Of:f ice at

Los Angeles forwarded a formal request to the U. S. Attorney,

Los Angeles, requesting Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution

(xrp/n^ nrnp.paR be issued for subject L 1

andfbased upon a

compliant filed in local court on August 4,

1983. The U. S,

Attorney has requested the FBI to provide an affidavit

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PROSECUTIVE STATUS, CONTINUED:

demonstrating probable cause that the||fled to

avoid prosecution noting that they had been extraditedout of the district with the concurrence of Californiaauthorities. He expressed reservations on an UnlawfulFlight to Avoid Prnaar.iit.i nn complaint based on the factthat the | Iwere extradited from California in1982 and did not "flee".

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Can furnish details concerning his dealings with SEIand DTT in an effort to obtain I

-icate subjects

Full text of interview pages 48 through 59, attached

I Can imp lieTED GUNDERSON,


furnish details regarding his


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Can furnish details regarding his dealings with SI

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Full text of interview pages 123 through 126, attached.

Can furnish details regarding interview of subjectTED L. GUNDERSON during Which GUNDERSON admittedassociating with subjects T |

and|

and ! I Can furnish information concerningretreiving abandoned SII and DII records on November 17

1982, at the Glen Lakes Towers and subsequent reviewof these records reflecting executed loan forms,

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agreements, letters and brochures regarding clients,attorneys, and possible sources for financing and/orcollateral. Can provide information that thisconfiscated material included information reflectingthat at the time subject TED L. GUNDERSON beganhis close association with officials of SII and DII,he was financially insecure.

Full text of interviews pages 12 s through 167, attached.

13.

Can furnish details regarding conversation during

|with subject TED L. GUNDERSON during

which GUNDERSON informed him that he had been askedPvogidAnt nf RTT that GUNDERSON told him that

|and that

GUNDERSON asked if I

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Can Provide information that I "TIhe advised GUNDERSON

not to become any further involved with SII.


District Attorney's OfficeLos Angeles, California

Can furnish details regarding an interview onSeptember 9, 1982, with subject TED L. GUNDERSONat which time GUNDERSON admitted his associationwith SEI and DII, and the fact that he executed variousdocuments while serving in the capacity of President

of DII.


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EVIDENCE

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1. State of Texas certified Articles of Incorporationfor SASS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

, and DEKLA INTERNATIONAL,Inc. These forms are in possession of the FBI,Dallas.

2. Original|

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Landaccompanying bills from|California. These items are in possession of the FBI,Dallas

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12. Various books and records of SI I and DII abandonedat Glenn Lakes Towers, 9400 North Central Expressway,Dallas, Texas. These items in possession of theFBI, Dallas.

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On February 27, 1984, inquiry through the FederalBureau of Investigation (FBI) National Crime Information CenterNCIC) determined an arrest racnrd i dent.i f i a.hl e with |

FBI number I \ The recordreflected th^t oby the Burbank, California Police Department fori

License numberdating back to

for|

Police Departme

March 1, 1984, inquiry through the FBI NCICrest record ide;

I place of birth,I. California Drivers

reflects ten arrests forincluding arrests

|was arrested

y the Inglewood, Cal i fornia.and sentenced to

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I he was arrested forby the Los Angeles County Sheriff's

Office, and sentenced tn I l_J

arrested for|by the U. S. Marshal, Los Angeles, and sentenced to

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EPORT FORMS (FD-302s)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription.11/12/82

, I I tp. si rlence tele-phone

! I as an —JlHsadvised of the identity of the interviewing Agents as well as thefact that an investigation was being conducted regarding two indi-

.in two spnprate cases. These individuals were "identified as1 J in one case, and in a separate case, being handled

by Agent Ted Gunderson, in regard to the matter beinginvestigated

, | provided the following:

Investigation on. 11/9/82 Dallas, Texas

I. and?TFM/rfh .Date dictated. 11/10/82

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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advised that those in a position to provide information regardingSass Entertainment and Dekla International, would be|

living atl and was

ladvised that he would be available in the futureif need be for further interview regarding this matter and wouldthoroughly cooperate in any way in the investigation regarding]and Gunderson due to tho fact that he lost so much money in dehnngwith this company and these people.

F0-302 (REV. M-77)

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Investigation nn 12/23/82 Dallas, Texas Dallas 196A-1721

Date dictated.1/6/33

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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formed him that to the best of his knowledge "Unicoop" washeadquartered in Amsterdam, Holland.

I |advised that| |

Los Angeles, waan friend of his and that he contacted I inLos Angeles and explained his dealings with SEI to|He stated that I I adviseitoo many "holes" in the deal

He advised thatI I Los ossa l

dvised that||then met

separately and explainedto them that the SEI money was still tied up in banks butthat it was certainally forthcoming.

advised that he never metthe alleged United States Representative of "Unicoop".

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Date Of transcript Ion ±/2h /-V-H

telephonically contacted Special Agent

(SA)I Iof the Dallas Federal Bureau of Invest-

igation (FBI) Office, and furnished the following information:

ladvised that he Is currently residing nt. I

|telephone number

Wo g-t-a-hp^ •f-.hg'h in mid February , 1984, he plans to

I at Dallas', and talked with Ted Sunderson, who, at

the time, was staying at the residence. He stated

this conversation he expressed his concern for| Wnre-to perform on his promises. He advised that Gunderso

plied to him "You have nothing to worry about. Everything is

Iflt_ should be". He advised that he then told Gunderson thatSS 11?

lwas an absolute Her and was not to be trusted. He stated

that Gunderson then replied back "Therejist°haSg In

things happening here that you are not aware of. Just hang mthere good buddy"

.

I I further advised that after!. i

|

'

1they had another personal conversation

Investigation on. 1/20/84

Date dictated.

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with Sanderson . He stated that during this conversation withGunderson, they told him that Iwas no good and tha't he

FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)


Oat* of tnnterlntlnn 2/13/84

1

1 Itelephonically contacted Special Agent I

lat the Dallas Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Officeand furnished the following information:

|regarding the

roan ana tnat money was there, that it was no problem, and that theykept telling him that the loan would be finalized within the next fewdays. He advised that after a few days transpired he would ask themabout the money and they would always give him some excuse as to whythe money was not available.

Investigation on

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The following investigation was conducted by Specialb6

Agent| |

b?c

AT DALLAS, TEXAS

On February 11. 1983.1 I be

, advised that on I I b7c

called telephone number 285-8106 in San Gabriel, California, and b7D

talked with] I He stated that this telephone numberis listed to SHALAKO INVESTMENT & PRODUCTION COMPANY, and thatthe address is 7258 North Rosemeade. He advised that hepreviously provided to the FBI address 7525 North Rosemeade asbeing the office for L. C. COOPER & ASSOCIATES, San Gabriel,California, and he stated that he has since learned that NorthRosemeade does not extend to the 7500 block.

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Date of transcription.

|, telephone numberfollowing information:

furnished the

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would need to discuss the matter with the management of the bankHe said he then advised the individual that .when he was readyto transfer the funds in t-.nl I for him to

| .

for the final arrangements. He said he never heard from thisperson again.

|

He stateof his recollection, contacted him by telephone and

advised him that he would be making—a—deposit into l~ I accountto | | but failed to make the

deposit as indicated.

|

contacted him

about SII, but that he told this individual that the bank did

not have much information about SII. He advised that the company

contacted the local District Attorney's office about the bad

check.

FD-302 (REV. 3-8*77)

t

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rot/ooj

Investigation on 2/28/84 atDallas, Texas Dallas 196A-1721

bv SA_ Date dictated

b6

3/2/84 b7c

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it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

40 FBI/DOJ

< •FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Oat* of transcription. 3-7-83

telephone numberfollowing information: 1

furnished the

I

1

I and that he needed approximatelyto accomplish his goals. He stated that|

|

toldhim that he could help obtain the funding and that the fundswere available from I I sources which are funneled througha Dutch representa-Hyp named I ~H (phonetic).He advised that I

|told him that I I was to be

one of the founders of a new company they were forming whichwas to be known as Dekla International, Inc. (DII) , and thatTed Gunderson, a former Special Agent in Charge with the FederalBureau of Investigation (FBI), was to join the new companywhich would have offices in The Glen T.akftg TnwsrR. nallas. I

Office,

RaceSexHeightWeightHair

White

Investigation on. 2-22-83 , Dallas , Texas

3-4-1

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Clothing Was wearing a business suit.

recalled that he also met Gunderson and that Gundersontold him that DII liked his I I business packageand appeared to be somewhat knowledgeable about his . operationand SPAP1 finally the fact thatl

]

He saidthat Gunderson mentioned to him other DII items of interestthat might need to be assembled

f

I

|He advised that he told Gunderson

that he would give the idea some thought. He advised thatGunderson then told him that DII was involved in many exciting .

things ,that there were going to be many business opportunities

developed

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stated that on| _J told him

_

that DII was ready to close on his loan request and thatl I

Tie-said that told him DII needed Ifor hishalf of the closing fees. He advised thatl

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]about the

stated that a few davs later he telephonedoan money and that lsaid everything was

set and that he•fnr +-h<=> loan which was being secured

[

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3

had a problemthe money I l and for him not to worry about

\ fee money as the money would be forthcoming. Hehat he actually met I I

|and this bank was supposedly

handling funds for DII according to

| |He advised that I

increase his loan request toId him that h "should

then told him that DII would rather join his pro3ect as a partner

under a limited partnership agreement rather than simplyobtain funding for him for a commission fee as originallydiscussed. He said that he was introduced to

| who drew up a limited partnership to beknown as I I

He advised_

that the Certificate of Limited Partnership ana the accompanying

agreement of limited partnership were both signed by himself and

Ted L. Gunderson, President, DII, onl . IHe

advised that these documents called for hint to ppgrate and manage

the partnership , provide services , L J and

that all net profits after the original balance on the loan

had been paid back were to be sDlit in half. He added that the

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status of the loan.going well. \_

| always informed him, "Things areHe stated that to date, the loan

has never materialized and that he has since decided thathe had made an unwise business deal with DII officials, andthat he would never obtain the funding from DII. He advisedthat to his knowledge, DII no longer maintains an office inDallas. He said that when he tried to retrieve his I I

loss II

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Date of transcription. 3/3/83

Telephone Number I ,1residence

| furnished the followinginformation

:

|

advised he reviewed a daily notebook which he

retained during and noted he had made a few entries

regarding his dealings with| |of Dekla Internationalt

Inc.

,

(DII) . He stated his notes reflect that on I —

I

told him tha t!~| indicated the funding

for his business loan had been approved. He . advised a notation

in the book, datedl I reflected!|

told him,

"Everything is going fine."

,I

_

~| stated as recent as! . \ he talked

with [at DII and | |told him the funds were all

set and should be available betweenf* t

~P—He said

when he tried to pin ~| down as . to a specific date,

replied, "No earlier that the cf the month—and

—

no l anerthan the

| |but possibly sometime between

1 I He said all of the cans werehandled bv DII employee I

[and all were made to check

on the progress and status of his penaing business loan. Hestated had the loan money been available at DII, he would have

returned to

Dallas to utilize the money.

Investigation on. 3/1/83 , Dallas, Texas DL 196A-1721

.Date dictated.3/2/83

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It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)


i Date of transcription 3/6/84

On Hovember 17. 1982.

tAgent

.

who had been l~

D advised Specialthat DEKLA INTERNATIONAL. INC. (DII) .

obviously aoanaonedtne premises leaving benina tneir company nooks and records.

me

|

stated that these books and records were being discardedas trash that date and that the items had been placed in thepublic hallway to be carried off by the building maintenancecrew.

Agentsattached:

Portions of these records were retrieved by Special3and which included the

Investigation on 2/28/84 at Dallas. Texas Fi ie * Dallas 196A-179 1

by SA /ear Date dictated 3/2/84

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|

telephone numberfurnished the following information:

He stated that around| |,

he read anaAvert -i sement in a Dallas newspaper, which had been placed by

[ regardingmoney to loan for various projects and that he therefore contacted

~1 He advised that l I eventually referred him toI Sass Entertainment Corporation (SEC) ,

2500 Farrincrton

Dallas, office telephone 630-1262, and home .telephone!|

who he said would be able to obtain the financing without anyI He advised that SEC has since

moved to 9400 North Central Expressway, Suite 314, and that thename was changed to Dekla International, Incorporated (DII).

He said that to the best of his recollection, the name changeoccurred about August 1, 1982, and he advised the new officetelephone number is 691-2961. He stated that he was informedthat* the new office space was leased and furnished by

|

l for SEC. He stated thatl I informed him that[had taken! I for I I and that the

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was involved in the case.

Itold him he would attempt to obtain a|

lloan through a trust company known as "Unicop", locatedin Amsterdam, Holland. He advised that

!I said he was

dealing direct with "Unicop” and that he would ask for

investigation on. 10/3;

.Date dictated.

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| |

advised that at this same meetingthat they enter into a joint venture on the proie

suggested

EaiHvaat ne couall current financing, and any future financing, would be provided.He stated that he agreed to enter into a joint venture with SEC and

ladvised that he would have his attorney prepare a contractfor him to review and sign. He stated that on|

|

I provided him with a Certificate of Limited Partnershipan Agreement of Limited Partnership for I

which called for the General Partner and the Limited Partnersto each receive 50% of the net profits.

He said that on each occasion| |

kept assuring him thatfinancing would be forthcoming shortly.

He stated that on I I he took the jointventure contract to Attorney I

|and was advised not to sign the contract

becausel I would be receiving one half of the net profitsand not put anything into the venture except his promise to) •14=1

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|to advise that SEChad arranged the loan through "Unicop", and that fundingwould be available within a few days. He stated that Blair

eventually weexs

,

stated that during the next few days, andkept telling him that

and that I I used one excuse after another as to why the fundshad not been received as previously promised.

He advised that during late I L he spoke with|at the

| f and learned thatTed Gunderson had been to the bank and met with bank President

He stated that related that Gunderson wasacting in an official capacity for SEC. He advised that abouta week earlier, he had met Gundersonl I

that, at the time, he did not know whether Gunderson was abusiness associate or simply a friend I

Lthe bank refused to deal with Gunderson. He stated thatItold him that SEC and Dekla International, Inc. (DII) had

merged and moved the office to the North Central Expressway.

location.

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completed

een approvey were simply waiting the final paperwork to be

|Bank officials m

I concerning the letter of credit and that the bank shouldprovide a response that very d

|lafhLLsed that on| |

he telephonedand that

|

|told him that no funds would be forthcomingthat the letter of credit would not be funded ^

” '

_ ,|then told him to

total up everything and that he would provide him a check forthe total amount. He said thatl ~| promised that the expense

IMLafLI n&ihat on the

same day he took the necessary information t

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sign the releases ansfailed to call back Eefforts to talk with

Lve his money. He stated that I I

I and that all subsequenthave been . unsuccessful

.

lid be forthcoming c

He stated that onf

1 [ Ted Gunderson called to advise that the companywas having financial difficulties and did not have the moneyto return to him, but that eventually he. I l might possiblyget his money. He stated that Gunderson said that the money

would possibly still get his money back. He advisedthat Gunderson was calling in his official capacity as Presidentof Dll.

He advised that on I,

>

about the matter and that

|

Jhad cost him thousands of dollsthat recommended that he,matter with the local District Artorr

I he. I

District Attorney| \

ar

l_Jhe talked with

[informed him thatin their dealings anddiscuss the

, He stated that on~1 rmvh with AssistantiEat advisedDistrict Attorney | \ and that

|advised

that their office would look into the matter^ He stated

.

that the case has since been assigned to Assistant DistrictAttorney! I who has copies of all pertinent documents.

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exhibxteSpecial Agentl

" t.hritv i iYS document captioned| ^ initlally

forwarded from! Ifco Special Again.CH _ l

o£Jhe

, -i oc pdt office lexplained that the document

,

‘ânS^?Lrsfê?iSpSrol SuêrSênHocênts

He stated that he would review his telephone toll records in a

effort to determine the exact dates long distance, intersta

telephone calls took place between, him,|

and others

connected with this matter.

provided the following items?

1. Cover letter frornl—,

and Counselors At Law,

l

Attorneys

;ard fromL

Corporation, .

214/630-1262.

I bearing the name||

\Sass Entertainment

[J Dallas, Texas, telephone



60FBI/DOJ

Jnvestf9.it ion on. 10 / 8/82 Richardson ,Texas Dallas 196A-1721

! dictated, H/5/ 82

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61

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* •i

r


Data of transcription. 12/16/82-

number furnished the following information:telephone

She stated that duringone of the local newspapers which was placed hsi

^ \Texas, whereml

she noted an ad in

could obtainwho

venture f inaneing • Sllie said vhat she contacted , ,

-referred her to SAS5 Enter fra inment rInco^^t^I1__

ofESEI, lonaf- pri at 2500 Farrington, Dallas, Texas , whei^__s^ was

introduced tol— I—

L

iknew of a private investor in Houston, Texas

who aiaht be a idsly source for her financing needs.

,

that P Iacted verj

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lv--SA-

.Datee dictated 1111132- b6"b7C

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;

H and Its contents are not to pe distributed outside your aoency.

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sources within the next week

<

tional contact with IFGPjni

She stated that she had no

mvuttihe a

the funds reached the bank the monies would then be disbursed

|

she stated that during tne ca

told her that he was having a banking problem in getting

into the United States!She advise

assured her that' hat she should have her moneHI

DL 196A-1721

|he kept

making one excuse after another for not having her loan moneyavailable as promised.

She stated that she would locate the above check and furnish sameto +hP Fpflftrai Bureau of Investigation (FBI) . She advisedthat!

I

told her a limited partnership agreement would

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(bank and that| |

reportedly had a list of DII

clients to whom the monies were to be disbursed tp once the

money reached their bank. She advised that||also told her

that once the funding was available it would be necessary for her

to to sign some papers to finalize the matter ,

after which the money would be released to theI I

iBank within seventy-two hours.

bank had declined to completeow the FBI was called in.

(•til and that|

working on a large or money on

She advised that she has maintained constant contact with|

regarding her financing and that| |still insists that themoney is forthcoming and that things are steadily progressing

FD-302 (REV. 3*8-77)

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it and its contents are not to oe distributed outside your agency.

FBI/ DOJ

2/29/84 Dallas, Texas Dallas 196A-1721Investigation on»_ at File #



76FBI/DOJ

V 0*302 (REV. 3-8-77)



telephone number| furnished the following information

advised that he met

had any direct business dealings with

He stated that about|

and -i ntroduced Ted Gunderson to him. He advised that Gunderson askedhim for al lloan but that he refused the loan to Gunderson.

|they briefly discussed the fact

that SEX was involved in fundinq various business ventures. I I

|and that he has contacte

currently the| |

for the company, which has

changed its name to Dekla International , Inc. (DII ) , about the accountbut has not received any satisfaction from in his efforts to

remedy the situation.

12/3/82Investigation on_

Dallas, Texas Dallas 196A-1721

12/12/82Date dictated.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency:


,,

Hestated ne never aia determine lr

|actually naa an account at

the bank| |

or if the funds were even anticipated by the bank.He added that nothing else ever materialised regarding the FeeConsideration Agreement for

FD-302 (Rev. 3-10-82>


Oet* of tr«n»cr1ptlon_

|was advised of the identity of the interviewing

agent and the purpose of the investigation and providedthe following information:

|anu WGl'S locking ±6f a||loan to finance

xne project. They noticed an advertisement in th <* olass i-f ied section of the Dallas Morning News placed by I I

Dallas, Texas, telephone!that, hp was a broker for private le

contacted!|and he for?

h(r»h arfv

private lendersn> *|

ised •

and

|who chargedwho was the*!

and directed them toBARS International.

Incorporated.

|that although

he would have the Swiss letter of credit upon which to borrowthe money to purchase the security, he would require corporateco-signators on the loan. The purpose of the co-signators

Investigation on. [22/83

Date dictated.


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84

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er anothersumated. I

|

were given one excuseas to why the deal was not beinfr con

be (ran con

_ |

Althoughthey maintain contact with

| |they have long since

realized that they have been taken for theirbut still hold out some hope that they may recover tnmoney by staying in contact

.

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| |

advised that from the very beginning,! I

began mentioning that one of the members oif his company Y?asa Ted L. Gunderson, a former FBI boss, who had joined SASSInternational as the Chief of Security. I I

told that Gunderson had thoroughly checkedout SASS International prior to his coming on and his (Gunder-son's) participation -

was evidence of SASS International'sbeing given a clean bill of health bv Gunderson. Gundersonwas physically observed hvf I only nr> twooccasions.' I

|

I I Gunderson walked through andwas introduced to them ! l as being Ted Gunderson,former FBI Supervisor in Dallas, who was now Chief of

they observed Ted Gunderson talking to the new car managerin his glass off-ico Thol; crtnl d net hoflr thoconversation. 1 I

L they raninto Gunderson who was then leaving I I andhad a short conversation with' him. During the conversationthey mentioned that they were seeking money

I I and Gunderson said to them in a somewhat skepti-cal manner, "I hope he can help you but I just don't know".

1= Gunderson was no longer with the company.

cipate in any of the transactions nor did he ever overhearany of the dealings.

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(<•



telephonically provided the following information;

officer of the companythat they dealt with regarding a business loan. However , he statedthat also deeply involved and very influential in keeping I

*~1i nterested were \

who echoed of the things thatclaimed he was capable of performing, | I

who mislead them with promj ses nf—stt—rensbi 1 i tv of—nerf fvnn:i ng

,

—andfinallvl |

who wasl

| | He said that all of them said that SII

had performed in the past on similar deals.

Investigation nn 2/14/84 Dallas, Texas Dallas 1$6A-1721.File # :

fay SA 2/16/84.Date dictated


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provided the following Items by letter postmarked February 16 S

1984:

investigation on.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your aoency;

It and Its contents are not to he distributed outside your agency.

90 FBI/DOJ

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( •


Dtta of tr»n*crlptloo_7/25/83

||was advised of the identity of

the interviewing agent and the purpose of the interview andprovided the following information

:

|During tneir searcn tor financing

|

they saw an advertisement in the Dallas naner)laced b\

adviseetelephone

could secure mancmg from~~TEe

—

>rivateinvestors for persons unable to get bank loans.

after paying a finders fee ofl

1 |in order to finalize a deal whereby|

Vwould participate in an|

\

involving the investment" in a Swiss banKaccount which would result in a letter oi credit drawn againstthose deposits. The letter of credit would then be funnelled

would then purchase securities with a loan made against theletter of credit and co-signed by American investors whowould pledge corporate capital equal to the value of the loanas additional security. I

stated he is not totaJ clear on the details oi tne transac-

Investigation on. 7/22/83 Bullard, Texas J)allas 196A-1721

Oat* dictated.7/25/83

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During thehe was introduced tcJ

land Ted L. Gunderson, heldout to tnem to tie a former FBI agent who was in charge ofsecurity for company, SASS International. All of thesepersons except tiunaerson at one time or another •participatedin the negotiations between and l I andeach of these persons except Gunderson attempted to convincethem that the deal was legitimate.

The only meeting thatlGunderson was at the I

can recall involvint

Gunderson had a short conversation with themat the dealership and stated that "I hope he can help vonget your money, but I don't know". At no time can I

recall Gunderson ever being invojbmd_Jji_jany of the negotiationsnor was he present during any of|

|

pitches to them.

Intern abeen in

i rma 1 axid until the]present : i

contact with ivho continues to s

iftfM

2/28/84 Dallas. Texas Dallas 196A-1721Investigation on * at 9 File it

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your agency;

it and its contents are not to he distributed outside your agency.

3

FBI/ DOJ

FD-302 (REV. 3*8-77.


Oat* of transcription. 8 / 30/83

furnished the following information:Telephone number

e stated that they told him that if he could provide independentsources of collateral, D.I.I. could furnish the lenders and bor-rowers, and that D.I.I. would commission him a full point for everycollateral instrument, or letter of credit he was able to provide.He advised -t-ha+ than c i nnori a fna nKotection agreement with

| |Gunderson had been brought

into the company to lend credibility to the organization. I

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he contacted| ]

kept telling him that he, had the funding linedup in Europe, and that all they needed was some sort of final docu-mentation I

"~

I

\ He advised that||sent the requested documen

tation as requested, but again nothing positive ever transpired.

He stated that told him that had a

| the company had re-ceived bad press, that Gunderson had run up large personal tele-phone bills, on company telephones, and that Gunderson had notprovided the creditibility to the company as had been anticipated

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He stated that at about this time D.I.I. was asked toleave their office because of over KSmi

I and that a D.I.I. lease checkwas bad.

| |payroll checks had

been written on the account of Sass International, Inc., whichwas the first time he personally had heard this company name.

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|and that a newspaper

article regarding Gunderson. I I and D.T.T .

,

was due to comeout.J the article would statethatl I was an ex-convict, and that some| |who was

1 had init-ial-ed rhe articleto get revenge against Gunderson and

IHe stated that thev dis

cussed the information in the newspaper article, and thatsaid that the article was simply an effort to destroy Gunderson

He estimated thathe personally lost appwith D.I.I. and A.L..

FD-302 (REV. 3-8-7 J)


Oat* of transcrlptlor.

I,telephone number

furnished the following xerox copies of recor

kept pertaining to his association with officials of Dekla

International , Inc. / Dallas, Texas:

\

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It Is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your agency;

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She advised that as the dayswent by| Ikept stating that the funding was expected tobe finalized within the next few days but it never materializedShe said that I I offered one excuse after the next

continued to pass and thatHowever, she advised that the days

I simply offered one excuse

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and said that on that datean article concerning Ted Gunderson and

| |

and their asso-ciates had appeared in the Dallas Morning News newspaper. Shesaid that the article alluded to the fact that I Iwas involvedin "Advance Fee" schemes and that company names mentioned in-cluded SASS International, Inc. She stated that in the articleGunderson claimed that although he had previously been associatedwith the companies mentioned in the article he personally hadnever knowingly participated in any illegal activities.

SUBJECT THEODORE L. GUNDERSON

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Oat* of transcription.9/28/82

On September 27, 1982, Ted L. Gunderson voluntarily appeared

at the Dallas, Texas Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

At the outset, Special Agenti ladvised Mr.

Gunderson of his certain constitutional rights as indicated

on an executed Interrogation; Advice of Rights form. Specialflgpnh f [witnessed Gunderson execute the form.

Gunderson advised Special Agentr '

1that he was tape

.

x'ecording the interview and Special Agent I|

then advised

Gunderson that a Nagra tape recording of the . interview was being

made for use by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Gunderson

advised that he understood and he initialed the following

statement written .at the bottom of the Interrogation; Advice

of Rights Form:

"This interview will be recorded via Nagra recorder

by the FBI".

Later the same date Gunderscontacted Special Agent to ft

information as follows:

Gunderson advised that both

were initially recommended to him by

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underson telephonically1 to furnish some additional

Gunderson advised that he still maintains his business

office in Los Angeles and that he has been operating the office

via long distance telephone since coming to Dallas.

Gunderson advised that his tape recorder did not

function properly during his interview with the Federal Bureau

of Investigation earlier this same date and he requested. that

if the Federal Bureau of Investigation recording of the interview

was transcribed he be furnished a copy of the transcription.

9/27/82 Dallas, Texas

Investigate^ (jrv

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..Date dictated.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. it is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;

It and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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Date of tnfy&9}/<84

Ted L. Gunderson voluntarily appeared at the Dallas Office of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation and the following represents a transcription of

the taped interview:

Investigation on.9/27/82 Dallas, Texas

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.Date dictated.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agencyi


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My name is| |

I’m a Special Agentwith the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Dallas, Texas.Today’s date is the 27th day of September, 1Q82. Also present be

during this interview will be Special Agent and b7

we will be interviewing Ted L. Gunderson.

RTR): Is that your correct initial? Your middle initial?

TED L. GUNDERSON (TG) s Thats right, that right.

Mr. Gunderson, at this time I would liketo advise you of your constitutional rightsas indicated by a Warning and Waiver Formthat we normally present to the people thatwe’re interviewing and I’m sure that you’requite familiar with that form, but I’d like tohand it to you and ask you to read it and to seeif you’d be willing to sign it so that we cancontinue with the interview.

Fine, no problem, with the stipulation thatI mentioned earlier

And that being what, sir?

That, that being that I want to know whatthe allegations are against me.

Okay, a, any allegations or comments that theFBI hasn’t come out during the interview andshould be self-explanatory.

Alright, thats fine.

Sir also, I would like to add a paragraph tothis form and its going to read to the effect:This interview will be recorded via Nagrarecorder by the FBI, do you have any objectionsto adding

No, no

this paragraph

you might as well add that I’m recordingit also.

Okay. I want you to acknowledge that I did adda brief sentence to the bottom of the form anda,

Want me to initial it?

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Please. And also for a matter of record I would liketo state that Mr. Gunderson also is recording thisinterview with his owns means. Okay Mr.Gunderson, you’ve asked that the FBI explain to youany allegations or complaints that have come to ourattention ah, reference your activities. At this pointwhat we’d like to do today and I believe that youcalled the office and volunteered for this interviewand we appreciate that and to be perfectly honestwith you at this point we received a couple ofcomplaints in this office from what we refer to asadvance fee schemes, the possibility of advance feeschemes, we've also received spme informationfrom one of our California offices that a possiblevictim resides in the Richardson, Texas area thatmay have been involved in a swindle or advance feesimilar type scheme. Now to be perfectly honestwith you, there are numerous names that have comeup in these initial allegations. I, you being an ex-FBIofficial you understand that I got this complaintassigned to me just a few days ago and I, to beperfectly honest with you have not had sufficienttime to interview all of the known victims at thistime.

Known alleged victims.

Known alleged victims, thats correct. So I feel likethis interview is somewhat prenature but since youdid call the office and request that we met anddiscuss and you had a, you wished to explain yourposition with these various companies and individualsthat I’d like to talk to you about. We welcomed yourcall and thats why we're here today. I will be ableto tell you at this time that we have informationconcerning three specific companies, the first onethat I’d like to refer to and we'll, don’t necessarilyhave to talk about these in order if you care aboutthem is gonna be Jurane Group Limited, an outfitthat was to ny knowledge was located in the LosAngeles area at one time. We would like to talk toyou about your association with Sass International,

Inc., which formerly had an office here in the Dallasarea to my knowledge and which eventually changedits name to Dekla International, Inc. , and at thispoint I feel like that based on what I've been told andwhat I know that Dekla is spelled

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D e k 1 a, is that correct?

Thats right, thats right.

So those are the three companies that have come toyour attention. We have names of three allegedvictims at this time and your name has come up in

connection with each one of those companies and

canes up in regards to the company names and the

victims involved.

All three victims?

Thats correct sir.

Hm, can you tell me how, hew that, my name came

up in relation to those three victims?

Okay, I thought we might talk about each one of

those separate but in generality the, your namecame up in the California investigation as being

associated with the members of that group out thereanri nt nnp mint the» alleaed victim indicated that a

Your name has also come up in regards to Sass

International as possibly being a, associated with

that group even in same official capacity and also

your name came up in the Dekla investigation as

certainly being an officer of that group and at one

time I believe president.

Uh-huh.

So thats the jist Mr. Gunderson, a.

Oh, I see.

Why we've been making sane inquiry a, I haven't

made much inquiry to be honest with you

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TG:

and I do feel that this interview is somewhatpremature in that I'm limited in my scope of thedetails as to what these alleged victims are alleging,however, as you well know I will conduct thoseinterviews. I have talked tol | toseme extent, as you may well know and feel likethat I have a fairly good grasp of what his problemis alleged to be. So if you care, I'd like to get intothese individually and, and just chat with you.

Hm-hm, alright. '

If you're willing sir.

Sure you know I'm more than willing to talk about itthats why I'm here. In regard to the|

I didthey make any allegations other than the fact that Icontacted their bank?

I believe thats the only allegation that, that hascome to a, my attention and if you want to startwith the, with that particular allegation I'll be morethan happy to get in it with you.

Well I can't start, I've got to go back. I think, I haveto give you some basic background information thatwill clearly establish and show you how I becameinvolved with these people. A, and in order to dothat let me just, lets start at the beginning. Letsstart the last of February, 1982.

Okay, is that when you first came in contact withthese a.

No, no. Thats when a, a client came, did not cometo me at that time but an attempt was made on theclient's life in Los Angeles. You are aware ofcourse that I retired in a, March, 1979 and thenAttorney General Bell and Ben Civiletti hired me tocoordinate security for the Pan American Games.

Alright.

Then after the games which would be a, August,1979, I went back to LA and opened up my ownprivate investigative and security consulting firm.So I've been doing that ever since. A, last February

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I didn’t obviously and I’ll explain that In a

few minutes. Now in the meantime, going over

to I Iand his group, I’ll come back, I

wanted to give you that as a base, so you *11understand my problem. Going over to

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never met but talked to on the telephone,

What type of time frame are we talking about?

This is January.

Of 82 sir? .

January 82, : called me in January, lateJanuary early February, 82 and said that theywere involved, they were from Dallas and involvedin international financing. They wantedto utilize my services to check out prospectiveindividuals. People who they, who had comeand applied for the loans etc., and specificallythey asked for my opinion on it and I saidwell we, we should check for credit, criminalarrests, lawsuits filed against these people, etc.And these names that they fed to me fromJanuary, February on a were names of peoplefrom all over the United States.

Did you agree to provide this service?

Yes. Naturally.

Did they give you a name of the company, sir?

A, I knew the company at that time as SassInternational.

You spell that S A

SassS S

Uh-huh, International out of Dallas, Texas.And a, all my contacts were by telephonewith them, I, I'd never met them but I'd talkedto them on the phone. And a the work as youcan tell is a, I didn't have that much of a volumefrom them, just a few names on and off, so therewas not that much money involved, credit, criminalchecks are nothing and checking into the courtrecords are nothing. I usually have somebodydown there anyway and I utilized a, theservices of former, other former retired,other former FBI Agents around the country which

and his group, a man namedT*ri we>VAr» niftt. hut, t.al kori tr

and

|who

.the telephone|again who I'd

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is my source for developing informationall over the United States, all over the world,really. A, so I bring that in on a time framebasis so you'll understand. Now thisrelationship with Sass International continuedup until on a telephonic basis up until thefirst week of July, excuse me, the end ofMay, excuse me the end of June, correction, tillthe end of June and about the I'd say aboutthe 20th or 21st of June. I received a phonecall from who at that time wasstaying at- snnrt.grnpn * <3 Lodge in San FernandoValley and said thatJ I

would be coming to town July the 3rd and, whichis a Saturday and he wanted to talk to me. I

said fine, I put the appointment on my calendar,okay?

Yessir. You never met either one of thempersonally

No

again.

No, talked to them on the phone only.

Alright.

Now about that time a, mentionedthat I had done quite a bit or work and theywere going to give me a three thousand dollarretainer to work off of. A,

You had done some work for them and they paida

No they never paid

On a piece basis

never paid. But I didn't do that muchwork, another words there was not heavy volumeof work, just piecemeal, so to speak. Credit,criminal

When you would conduct these inquiries a, wouldyou reply to them via telephone or U. S. Mail?

No I gave them, I gave them oral reports

Alright

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At this time where did you live sir?

That was 500 South Kelton

K e 1

TonIn what city?

Thats Los Angeles, 90024.

Is that an apartment sir?

It an apartment on the first floor thatyou step, there’s no hallway, you step right outinto the street.

Did you have an apartment number?

A, no its just, it looks like a house really,there’s no apartment number.

Okay

But it is an apartment.

And your landlord’s name?

Is a| |(ph), I’m not surehow to spell it, and her phone number is

a,

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is a woman? k

is a woman yeah, yes. I’ve got It here

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This a.

TG: Why do you have, why is there a hesitancy for you

TG:

to, to do this for me?

Well I'll be glad to discuss with the SAC, if heagrees that thats what should be done thats what willbe done.

Alright lets cut the tape right now and go talk to b6

him about it. b7C

What do you thinkj|

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Yeah, thats a good idea.

TG: Cause I'm not gonna, gonna discuss it any furtherunless I can have that insurance.

I'll get that resolved,

(tape cut off at this point)

SAC THOMAS C. KELLY: Is it on?

This is Tom Kelly speaking to Ted Gunderson. I cannot give you the

reassurance that this information will be maintained in a safe away from thegeneral files until such time as we destroy it.

TG: Alright.

Gunderson advised that since the FBI would not give him total assurancethat the information which he was furnishing would be maintained under the

strictest security and not eventually be maintained by either the Dallas Officeof the FBI Headquarters in their general files, he was terminal- inn the

interview. He stated that he was doing so basically due

]

Gunderson advised that he was I

that he could be contacted through Dallas telephone number 368-4634 orthrough his Los Angeles business office.

and

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I.. flunder s on telephonically contacted Special bt

I and demanded that the information he v;as b7c

about to give be made a part of the file involving him

and the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) be made fully aware of

the information. Gunderson appeared to be extremely upset

during the conversation and he spoke in a very excitable and

somewhat disorderly manner . He furnished the following information:

(FBI) Ag^niand thatget him

Gunderson aovised that a local female named1 wqh Koon f a i !/•; ncr f.n Federal Bureau of Investigation

fnr the past few weeks

Gunderson,had toldf

'and

that the FBI was out tothat the FBI

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watching them and that the FBI wa s going to put them bothhad been

in jail. He stated that[2d tGunderson, had resigned too

he had personally talked tobeen in contact with Speciaor possibly today.

o olalso told

late i -om veKxathis dat

1 Agent

, that he

,

Be said thate and that she hadas recent as yesterday

,CiindPr-Ron advised that on September 29, 1982,

told)

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I Texas that the FBI was after him, Gunderson,

and that the FBI had referred to him as a con artist and that the

FBI was going to do its best to make the information public.

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He advised that a friend of his informed him that an

Agent with the FBI had told him that he, Gunderson, had been

living off of his former FBI reputation, that he had actually been

a con artist for years, and that he was a "classic" profile

of a con artist. He also stated that the FBI Agent told the friend

that he, Gunderson, had "taken" some of the friends own acquaintances

on a phony motion picture deal a couple of years ago. Gunderson

mentioned the name [ |as being involved in the matter, however,

he did not go into any other specific detail.

Gunaerson stated that he did not appreciate the

FBI Agent’s statements about his character and he added that he knew

that he was currently associating with two convicted felons but that

one of them was responsible for saving his life. He said that the Agent

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was not conducting himself professionally.

He again demanded that SAC Kelly reconsider his requestthat any information he furnished be treated with the utmostsecurity and not be maintained in the FBI general files.He stated that it was imperative that the information notbe attributed as having come from him.

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TEXAS FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

FOR VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENTINSTRUCTIONS: LENDER—Complete items 1 thru 7. Have applicant complete Item 8. Forward directly

to employer named in Item 1.

EMPLOYER—Please complete Items 9 thru 16 and return directly to lender named in Item 2.

PART * - REQUEST1 . TO {Name and address of employer)

Der>la Int T1 Inn.

2. FROM (Name and address of tender)

TEXAS FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONP. 0. BOX 12666

DALLAS, TEXAS 75225PHONES: 214-387-8510 / 1-800492-9006

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^400 f'lorth Central ExpwySuite 314Dallas Tv.

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7. NAME AND ADDRESS OF APPLICANT

Ted L. Gunderson V

621LJ Kor-thue^. H&l. Tv .

8. skSNA/TURE^F

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Applicant ,

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PART li -VERIFICATION'

4. TITLE 5. DATE 6. LENDER'S NUMBER

8/17/82(optional)

/ have applied for a mortgage loan and stated that I am now or was formerly employed by you. My signature below authorizes verification ofthis information.

EMPLOYMENT DATA9A. IS APPLICANT NOW EMPLOYED BY YOU?

DYES D NO (If "No," complete l terns 9c and 9d

)

9B. HOW LONG HAS APPLICANT BEEN EMPLOYEDBY YOU? (If Military, enter total service)

9C. DATE APPLICANT LEFT

90 REASON FOR LEAVING

10. PRESENT POSITION

PAY DATA12A. BASE PAY (Enter amount and check

period)

ANNUAL HOURLY

MONTHLY OTHER

Cl WEEKLY(SPCCiM

12E3. EARNINGS LAST 12 MONTHS

TYPE

BASE PAY

OVERTIME

11. PROBABILITY OF CONTINUED EMPLOYMENTCOMMISSIONS

BONUS

AMOUNT

13. REMARKS

12C. TO BE COMPLETED FOR MILITARYPERSONNEL ONLY

PAY GRADE

TYPE

BASE PAY

RATIONS

FLIGHT ORHAZARD

CLOTHING

QUARTERS

PRO PAY

OVERSEASOR COMBAT

MONTHLY AMOUNT .

The above information is provided in strict confidence in response to your request

|14. SIGNATURE OF EMPLOYER 15. TITLE 1 16. DATE

The information on this form is Confidential. it is to be transmitted directly to the lender, without passing through the

hands of the applicant or any other party.

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• #C?nf{?r*n OG'?' :;ri Avenue 1 Suie ^COAcr, A-^avc;?s C-p-vr 'O0?d

j .5/;;

August 19, 196?

KL: Our conversation.

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We need money!!! 1 know we can break this case, but i cannot moveunless I resolve my financial problems. 1 am being suet! by threeindividuals, 1 owe IKS $11,000.00, thousands to other creui torsiand 1 am filing debtor in possession with the oours this week.

1 rov business is st if ter i rv* . 1 rinvolves my investigation of the Mac Donald case. I have

worked )745 hours on this case with no pay. The money that, hasbeen sent has only partially covered expenses. At the end of I960,my expenses were .in excess of $36,000.00, and I received $30,000.00in fees. 1 have borrowed approximately $12,500.00 from you and 3eff.I don’t have an accurate tabulation here of my expenses since i960,but my phone bills alone have run several thousand dollars.

1 will contact Ross Perough in Dallas, and try to get some moneyfrom him. If this is successful, 1 will give him the movie andbook rights to the investigation.

We need to handle the following investigation leaas:

1. Sinned sl.at.nmont from

2. Signed statements from the docto rs, psychiatrists, andtechnician, who treated ht the various hospitals.

and I, should "Hit the Road", locate some of themurderers, and prove that they are ^eal live neyple. I

still feel we should first target

We both feel she is the weak link and we should beginwhere we are most likely to be successful. Thereafterwe should attempt to locate the others beginning with

I He is one of the tougher subjects, butit appears he is in thel [area.

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August 19. 1982

1 have talked to||Nashville Tennessee Police Department

several times and he does not appear to be making attempts tolocate It appears and I, will have to handle thislead.

1 1 1 1

Jeff recently wrote and said he could only afford 10 days expensesfor me on the road. That is like telling an attorney one can onlyafford a 10 day trial. We are dealing with Jeff's life, there areno short cuts. I don't know how long .it will take us to handle theabove leads, possibly several months. It all depends on the breaksand the cooperation we receive.

Sincerely,

Ted L. Gunderson

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FEE CONSIDERATION AGREEMENT

September 3, 1932

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Reference Code: CR.O/RSE/TG/Cr./l M

Loan Amount: One Million IJ.S. Dollars

Dear Sir:

In consideration of your services in assisting me to a

successful funding in the amount of One Million U.S. Dollars,the undersigned Ted L. Gunderson, 1100 Glen don A venue, Suite1200, Los Angeles, State of California, U.S. A., re questingthe loan, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally withoutprotest and notification of protest promise to pay five per-cent (5%) of the total amount of the loan within Twenty Four(24) hours after closing of escrow. As per your instructions,these funds shall be forwarded to:

| |Att orney- at-Law

Clients Trust account I

Bank: Capitol Bank & Trust CompanyOne Bu lfinch Place, Boston, MA 02114Attn:

|

It is intended that this agreement be a legal and bindingcontract between all parties and is considered to be a promis-sory note.

. Approved and signed this day of 1982.

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Ted. L . Gunderson, Personally

STATE OF )

)

COUNTY OF )

Before me, a Notary Public, on this day personally appearedTed. L. Gunderson, known to mo to be the person whose name is

subscribed to the foregoing document and being by me first dulysworn, declared that he executed same as his free act and deed.

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and that the statements contained herein are true and correct.

Given under my hand and seal of office this dav of, 1982 .

Notary PTTbTTc

State of

My commission expires:

FROM BORROWER'S RECEIVING BANK

We the undersigned Bank Officers of withfull bank responsibility will comply with above document uponsuccessful funding of the above loan.

BANK NAME

Officer, Title & Date

Officer, Title & Date

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TED L GUNDEPSON &A OC/JATFS. INC

Security Consulting ana mvc^t'gations

Wzstv/ood CenterdlOOGtenaon Avenue 4 Lurk? 1200° Los Angeles. California 90024(213)208-4775

July 13, 1982

Dear

Enc losedandthe

please find the final reports onPlease accept my

delay in getting these written reports toapologiesyou.

for

With regard tof

|enclosed are the credit reports

on this company. As you will see, these came back as "norecord" and perhaps you could check to see if the informationwe have is correct.

As discussed on the telephone, we will need a residenceaddress, date of birth or Social Security number on | |

I before we can proceed any further. As soon as youcan furnish us with this information we would be happy tocomplete this report.

Thank you.

Sincerely.

JT/sd

Enc.

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MEM.BER. SOCIETY Of FORMER SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION INC

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PREDICATION

Client requested a check of records for

social security number in the states oiij

and

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DETAILS

A confidential source advised that

social security number lias F.B.Ir numbed

and Texas Deparbacnt of Public Safety numbei He has

a Texas drivers license, number which expires in 1985,

His address listed on his drivers license is

Lane, Dallas, Texas. Ho is described as

and bom

xt was established in was convicted In

Federal Court, the

He re-

ceived 6 nsouths suspended sentence with three years probation.

He is scheduled to be released from probation on|~

It was established that was arrested by the Dallas County

Texas Sheriffs Office on

He was arrested on by the Dallas Sheriff

h

Office charged with Both cases are felonies

and pending in Dallas County, Texas,

161

PREDICATION

Information was requested on social security

number a contractor, with address

Dallas, Texas.

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DETAILS

A check of the Dallas residential telephone directory shows a

, address, L Texas, with

residential telephone number Investigator did

not physically survey this address, but it is known to be in a

very exclusive area called!

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A confidential source advised business is

Texas 75229, telephone number

near

This office is located

lis in a small office complex named

The complex consists of about with

approximately 300 square feet of space each. This is not prime

office space.

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Records at the U.S. District Clerk's Office shows no criminal or

civil record on| The Dallas

County Clerk's records shows one civil suit on

Case filed by Montgomery Ward, dated

I in the amount ofjudgement against

attorney's fee. No civil suits show against the company

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The Criss-Cross Directory shows this company to be a general con-

tractor in residential building.

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August 17, 1982

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Mr. Ted Gunderson asked me to mail you the following documentation thatwill be needed with regards to funding j»f your projects.

.1. Client's Application2. Borrower's Agreement3* Fee Protection Agreement4. Non-Disclosure and Non-Circumvention Agreement5. Basic Checklist of Required Exhibits

(As you will note, almost ail exhibits required applyeither to the construction or the oil project. Pleasekeep in mind that the more information we have, thefaster we can proceed*

6. Loan Procedure: Note 4, as a general rule we charge a

retainer of $2,500.00 for expenditures, this includesassembling of your package in a professional manner.

If you have any further questions, please ,iet me know.

Sincerely,

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DEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

9400 N. Central ExpresswaySuite 314, Lock Box 125Dallas, Texas 75231

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Iekla”W; $'-*‘

August 12, 1982

Do a r

This is to advise you the results of our Board of Director''meeting with regard to the above referenced project requestfor loan in the amount of $20 Million Dollars, this loanrequest was approved by the Board of Directors of Dekla In-ternational , Inc., with the following terms and conditions:

Amount of LoanEmissionRa te

DurationTerms

$20 Million U.S. Dollars94%

10 1/ 2 %

20 yearsInterest semi-annually inarrears

However, the following conditions must be met:

1. Acceptable and approved verification of Oil Leasesperformed by an individual acceptable to the Board ofDirectors of Dekla International, Inc.

2. Execution of Southwest /American - Oil Limited Partnershipagreement between Dekla Interna tional, Inc. and a Corpor-ation formed by

| |Said Limited Partnership

being the entity Eo wmen said loan is to be made.

This agreement is valid for thirty days, from the date here-of first written.

Sincerely, /,

Ted L.- Gunderson, PresidentDEKLA INTERNATIONAL, INC.9400 N. Central ExpresswaySuite 314, Lock Box 125Dallas, Texas 75231

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Ho: loan Kcpucst,,

At a bovjrd of Directors Meeting hold on August IV, 19b2, your loan

Vtuo reeonsiuered*

Please oe auvised that our approval of Auyust 12, 19b2, is nereby

recinded.

Sincerely

,

Ted L. Gunderson, PresidentDLKLA INTLKNAT10I.AL, INC.

9400 II. Central LxpresswaySuite 314, Lock Box 125

Dallas, Texas 75231

(214) 691-2961

TG/lb

Amsterdam, Holland * Dallas, Texas « Los Angeles, California

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, furnished the following information:

1 Ted, J

advised that duringGunderson visited him I I He recalled that duringtheir conversation. Gunderson told him a storv aboutl

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He advised that Gunderson also told him that he wasseriously considering joining a Dallas based firm known asSASS International, Inc., (SII) , and that he, Gunderson, hadbeen asked to become President. He said that Gunderson toldhim that

resident. He saj

] (phonetic) and |_ were bothmembers of SII and that one of these individuals was an ex-convict.

He stated thsf Gunderson tnld him thatfJ

Gunderson, wasT

] He advised that Gunderson mentioned to him that

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SII was currently involved in obtaining financing for a projectfor one of the|he told Gunderson that C

named

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1 He stated that

The. Gunderson, provide1

1 He said that Gunderson told himthat he would get the necessary information together

returnedI ladnised that a day or so later, Gunderson

md told him that he had gathered thenecessary information he had requested and that these documentswere currently in his possession Hnuapor. bofnrp nnnHprsnnwould produce this information ,| I

J was asked to read and sign which indicated

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Investigation on 10/8/82 Richardson, Texas Dallas 196A-1721- r File * - . -

by SA /ear_Oate dictated.

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and that the information bekept highly confidential. H

He stated that Gunderson then told him

He said that during this visit, Gunderson never mentioned whetheror not he was actually an employee or official of SII, but thathe did comment that he was moving back to Dallas. He statedthat prior to finnrtersnn anfl h<* cnnnludi.na their meeting, he .1

told Gunderson

He advised that in the above two discussed meetings.Gunderson did not elaborate on the specifics of the|

tate that SII was negotiating with one ot theHe stated that later the same day of Gunderson '

s

and that|

|might be able to funish additionalinrormation regarding Gunderson's association with SII.

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By communication dated September 29, 1982, theLos Angeles Division advised as follows:

On September 21, 1982, InvestigatorlLos Angeles District Attorney's (LADA) Office, provided thefollowing information:

The LADA's Office is currently completing theirinvestigation into the activities of various persons whoconducted business as the JURANE GROUP LIMITED, in the LosAngeles area, rtnrinpr late 1980 and early 1981. It is anti-

| |; and| |

will be prosecuted mconnection with their operation of this company. Other personssuch as I

and| |

althoughpossibly culpable will not be the subject of prosecution,was unable to provide a specific date at which time prosecutionswould be initiated, but advised that investigation had beenactively continuing since the company was shut down throughthe service of a search warrant by an officer of the BurbankPolice Department in early 1981. He advised that numerousvictims had been contacted and a case had been worked up,

which should result in successful prosecution of the fouraforementioned subjects.

further advised that on September 9, 1982, he

interviewed former SAC TED T. GUNDERSON , regarding GUNDERSON'

s

Qg.gnri at.i nn with the subject I also known as I I

L regarding his association with the subject.

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advised GUNDERSON that he would like

him to become the President of his Corporation, SASSENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, and of DEKLA, INC. DEKLA was a companylocated in the Netherlands, that was supposed to providefinancing for the SASS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY to loan to clients.

GUNDERSON signed various documents indicating that he was the

President of the United States Subsidiary of DEKLA, and the

President of SASS ENTERTAINMENT. GUNDERSON was to receivehis choice of either a $250,000 per year salary, or a percentage

of the overall profits of the joint corporation. GUNDERSONadmitted very little knowledge about the financial business,

but felt that I land his associates wanted someone with a

recognizable name they could use to impress the public ip.

-running- their company. In Dallas, GUNDERSON met| I

Supposedly, the

business of the company was to obtain money from foreign sources

through DEKLA in the Netherlands and then transmit those funds

to the United States through banks in Mexico in order to avoid

tax consequences.

V, The funds would

be disseminated from the Albuquerque bank to the various

borrowers that were clients of SASS ENTERTAINMENT.

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GUNDERSON advised that he had recently received

companies. He stated that there was never any indication of

actual funds being transmitted from abroad through any of thecompanies he was associated with, and that he had very littleto do with the day-to-day operation of the firm.

ALLEDGED SOURCES FOR FUNDINGAND/OR COLLATERAL

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ver travssociatedet either

on a couple of occasions with respectto getting the deal

|Iput together but no headway

seemed to be made . V7hen the Unicoop proposal did not go forward,then questioned I ~k s to whether or not hs

had any sources of funding that they might be able to tap.

said that he commented to I kt this time that this was an

extremely unusual turn of events inasmuch as Dekla had beenrepresented to them as having almost unlimited funds.

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home address I|

telephone I I was contacted at the MiddlesexCounty Courthouse •

|[

was advised of the officialidentity of the interviewing agent as well as to thenature of the interview. Thereafter, furnishedthe following information: 1 1

||was asked by interviewing agent if he

was familiar with Dekla International, Inc., SassInternational, Inc., or Sass Entertainment . Inc., 9400Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas.

| |advised that

he was not familiar with any of the above names andthat he has not conducted any business with the abovecompanies or any individuals in the Dallas, Texas area.

I believes that there is a possibility that his|might have been in contact

with these companies or individuals associated with thesecompanies . I I advised that it was quite possible1 that

might have usedl I telephone to contact theseindividuals but that| was never present at a timecontact was made.

Investigation on.7/20/83 Cambridge, Massachusetts BS 196A-1138

at File * J


TMs document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;

it and its contents are not to t>e distributed outside your agency.

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It was||belief that the Federal Bureau of

investigation (FBI) investigation into this matter was initiatedin part bvT ~l telling a victim, name uncalled, to call the

FBI because the victim had been solicited for an advance feewhen submitting their funding proposal. I I learnefl thisfrom a recent telephone conversation he had with

can be currently contactedtelephone

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Data of transcription7/6/83

L telephonecontacted at his place of employment

.

official identity of the interviewing

j

nature of the interview. Thereafter.

I

ing information regarding

Jwas advised of thewell as to thefurnished the follow

irriE

ish a bank account| |

advised that the funds deposited into the account

e minimum deposit would be fifty million dollars. He did notidentify the source of the funds to be deposited and did not furnishany references to|

|

I1

|the bank would not sign any documents,

letters or let| |use the bank's name as a reference until moneywas deposited with the bank.

Investigation on

..Date rilrtJted 6/28/83-

Thls document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to.your agency

it and its contents are not to t>e distributed outside your agency.

* FD-302 (REV. 3-6-77)

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Oat* of transcription.6/17/83

and I I residence at I|

| I,was advised of the

identities of the interviewing agents by display of credential s

at his place of business. Upon being advised by SA l I

|that the interview regarded his knowledge of|

|

and Dekla International Inc., (DII), |

(voluntarilyprovided the following information:

|and an individual whom described as

a former Special _Agent with the FBI. Since it appeared thatI I could not recall the individual's name, SaJ^asked \ I if the person's name was TED GUNDERSON"!

| |

acknowledged that GUNDERSON was the person who came to hisoffice

|He explained that he did not know what

GUNDERSON 'S relationship or role was| |

I and that during the meetings , GUNDERSON contributedvery little. H t=> thp>n stated that GUNDERSON mav have come intohis office with or on another day.

statec lid not name any company that he.

Investigation on. 6/10/83 „ Diamond Bar, California Fn„ Xos Angeles 196A-2 759

Oat* dictated. 6/15/83

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It and its contents are not to he distributed outside your agency.

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was representing nor did he name any pro;funding . He said he got the feeling thathim out I I

nat neededIwas feeling

that he did not receivWhen p

company in Dallas, Sa[

|emphasizedany other compensation for his workloiild not recall the name of |

mentioned the names of DII, SassInternational , Inc. (SII) and Sass Entertainment, Inc., (SE

ladvised that DTT name, into the picture later and thatinto the picture later and thatcompany during his I I)

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advised that another loan packagekas submitted (name unrecalled)

I

~which sought financing. He stated

that when he met with the company officials (names unrecalled)

,

he attempted to obtain background information from them,tfe said that the officials refused to provide the informationwhich lead to his refusal to authorize the loan to them.

of 1 —

r

advised that another[name unrecalled) who

loan package consistedneeded financing to

fund 1

I said he refused toauthorize any funding for the individual.

told him that GUNDERSON was the Chairman of the company

.

it appeared to him that gunderson was a front whileP I

actually ran the operation. | advised he did not thinkthat GUNDERSON knew what he was doing with or at the company.

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[ advised thathe is in business primarily due to his contacts in thebanking industry. He is able to obtain large loansat good discount rates.

He recalls receiving some literature fromSASS Corporation and, subsequently, telephone callsconcerning various loan deals. I ladvised thathe never responded to SASS Corporation and althoughhe spoke to these people on the phone, he did not feelthat their deals were sufficiently liquid to pursueanything of a formal nature. He did not respond tothem by any sort of communication but did speak tothem by phone.

| |keeps a detail log of various contacts

but the log would have to be reviewed page by page.The contacts re»Tv* anrimvimatpiy a year ago. He recallsspeaking to a of SASS Corporation.

-hViTQQ loffar c rm CSCC 1 offnri)Q^ dated 1

and furnished themto the interviewing agent.

He reiterated that he had no dealings otherthan the telephonic inquiries and their letters withthese people.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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7/11/83D3te of transcrlptior.

| |telephonically contacted the Portland

Office of the FBI. He advised that he recently moved from|phone

number He provided the following information

:

He is familiar with Dekla International of Dallas, Texas.

|

talking with anassociate bv the name of I Iwas mentioningthat Dekla International supposedly was making all sorts of loanson all types of money. I

||gave the information that he could

put together all types of deals.

I

|until he realized that Dekla International

could not produce what they said they would. He then felt the bestthing would be to wash his hands of the matter and he has not been

in contact with them since. When he realized that they could not

put together any deals I

Investigation on.7/1/83 Portland, Oregon PD 196A-726

_Dv: delated.7/1/83

"elusions of tMe FBI. it is l ho property cf tnc- FBI and loaned to youi ag'i-icy;

your agency.

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was contacted aspreviously arranged at the

properly advised of the identity of the interviewingagent and he was again advised that he was being contactedregarding his prior business dealings with Ted Gundersonand others, doing business as DEKLA International, Inc.He thereafter furnished the following information:

| |

stated that his association with|~l representing DEKLA International. Inc., arose

out of an introduction!"

In| |

said that he and~|were working on a separate investment matter.

Based on this business relationship, he said that aboutini 1 she had come into possession of some

Initially.! I said that||was talking

in amounts of| dollars. Because of this, he,

[ wanted to insure that! |

was completelyprotected. For this reason, he contacted co-workers andpeople within their legal department to insure that allprocedures were properly followed. Because of the amounts,DEKLA was advised that no trades would be executed withouta written confirmation. Additionally, a separate f^ac<5rmt“nwas established in New York for specific purpose bf {handling

Investigation on_ 6/7/83 Clear Lake City. Texas c„.

.Date dictated.

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any future trading transactions.|

Inoted that thisis general procedure when conducting trades of largeamounts. He also noted that in later discussions withDEKLA, the amounts that they were talking about had beenincreased from 10 million to 100 million dollars.

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Puringl

occasion to talk with£said that he had

Duringwent over the mechanic^

said thatthis discussion, he andof any trades. As he could recall,indicated that the funds would be coming from a trusfin Europe, but| |did not further identify this source.

||then furnished a copy of six documents

further identified as

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section of the classifiedads from the Dallas Morning News, dated Tuesday, January 11, 1983;and a partial article from the Dallas Morning News of Sunday,January 2, 1983, titled , "Former FBI Superstar Falls on ToughTimes".

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telephone conversation th atl

involving Ted Gunderson. |_

'I It was during this

Itold him of the articleJnoted that this was the

first time that Gunderson's name had ever come to hisattention. During that conversation,very ca reful about anv further contacts withDEKLA. L

'

old hip to beor

Based on those brief personalcontact s. I |saicl that he had a very funny feeling about

| but there was nothing specific that he could puthis finger on. He noted that with the appearance of the

with he immediatelv terminated any businessassociation with and DEKLA International.

, ,noted that he had additional documents

and papers pertaining to the business dealings at his officeand would be more than willing to make them available for

examination. Based on this, it was agreed that theinterview would continue

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Upon arriving at his office. madeW f! I-'-”

available a large manilla folder containing additional

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j vviiUBV/tD CU1U OUand DEKLA International |~

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g]

Cicuu icpuiL " ouccl x.JsES Dim& iSradsueet tt.V.

date) Herat) 29# 1982 iCD 3442 0 2.60

.r. '-.me

tradestylaaddressplacetelephone / telexbranch#*;

UNXCOOP BANDBLMXJ B.V.(Unieoop-Pinanoieel Department)Daal en Bergcelaan 22THB HAGUE, Netherlands >

079-438831 / 12479 . ^Mensiaga 42# Ass terdan

startedlegal fora (since)

•

authorized capital

BUSINESS HISTORYJan.1.1960 as limited liability companyprivet# limited company (June 6 * 1972 ) underheading name .)

10.000,— issued and paid up 2.500 will becomewithin short 100.000,— and 35.000,— (cont,.

title

PERSONAL RECORDname (birth date) address, place of residence

mnnasger

manager1

is charged*1M toe zxnanoiai activities styled Unicooprlnancieel Department

!

i

line of business

employs

OPERATION;

mediating with the obtained of loans in guilderand forelng values coming from local and fore in1,

moneygivers to Dutch and foreign companies,bankers and governmentinstitutea.The activi-ties on financial field mainly appear abroad3

subsidiariesAFFILIATES

1* Algemene Handelsmij.Metre B.V. , The Hague2. Gzafo Export B.V., The Hague

r

sizeresultsliquidityfinancial details

FINANCEfairsatisfactorysufficientare not published

All figures in this report are in Dutch guilders, unless otherwise specified.

This report is STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL and furnished by DUN & BRADSTREET B.V. for your

exclusive use under the subscription terms printed overleaf.

The payment experiences on sheet 2 could have come from the same source on different occasions.

210

dates Margh 29 , 1932

regarding

payment experiences

see below

bankers

bank facility'

sales per employee

credit query

payaent experiences

TR/NP

OHICOOP HAVDBLMXJ* B.V.

FINANCE (continued from sheet 1) * ^

* ^subject does nob disclose sales ox other finanoial details, neither coaid these be obtainedvia third partiesrented

PAYMENTS

date

aroh 9

delivery items

up to

agreedtermsin days

paymentin days

paidEMIi S 5

Slavenburg*s Bank N.V., Amsterdam

More payaent experiences are hard to obtained I

in the Hetherlands* Most activities appear i

abroad* However subjeot enjoys a favourablereputation

211

0:hS& report- sheet 1

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?[ Kav t5. 1Q82 CD 515 1 0 2.46

«»» **• '%**•-* ; * <** * ’1

.. *- -Vv »

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rp.

*

nameaddressplacephonebranches

"DKKLA" ALGEMENE PHODUCTEN UANDELMAATBCilAPPIJ B.V.

Wildenborch 631082 KB AMSTERDAM/ Netherlands

020-461948 telex I8908

none

*» i

startedlegal form (since)

authorized capitalChan&er of Commerce in

BUSINESS HISTORY

46

N??! (limited liabiluty company) (April 29, 194?)

B.V. (private limited company) (July 14, 19/2;

100.000,— issued and paid up 20.000,—Amsterdam file nr. 67 .000

•S

title

PERSONAL RECORDname (birth date) address, place of residence

manageress

proxyholder

j**

\

1

i

1

!

1

1

line of business

^ nrmt.i miAfi flheet 2)

OPERATION1.consultant and intermediary at the accomplishment 0 :

loans and financing at the international stock-

market jsubject closely cooperates with Unicoop

llandelmaatachqppi j B.V., Amsterdam, also active

at the international stock-market.

2. product—development ; 3. import and export of

technical products (nr. 1 is the main activity now)

AFFILIATES

as far as investigations revealed, subject does not

maintain financial connections with other companies

1

sizeresultsliquidityfinancial details

FINANCE|

smallj

not unsatisfactory I

sufficient for the extent of business

are not published due to the private characterj

i

All figures in this report are in Dutch guilders, unless otherwise specified.

j

This report is STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL and furnished by DUN & BRADSTREET B.V. for your,

exclusive use under the subscription terms printed overleaf.

212 . ,

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The pavment experiences on sheet 2 could have come from the same source on different occasions. ,

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Duii& BradstreetJ&V.

l .ay 5, 1982

Credit report - sheet 2

regarding "UtlKLA 11 ALUBkBHK WOMJCTitfJ ILuNDBUUAi^UiARPIJ B*V.

payment experiences

bankers

bank facility

sales per employee

credit query

employs

FINANCE (continued from sheet 1)

In 1981 subject interceeded a*o* at the accomplish-ment of loans at the total amount of 5 160 million*Hekla B #V, received herefore a commission-percentagerented

PAYMENTS see below

Amsterdam—Rotterdam Bank N*V # , Vijzelstraat

,

Amsterdam

PAYMKNItf

Due to the nature of the company, relevant paymentexperiences could not be obtained* However, subjectenjoys a favourable reputation*

OPERATION (CONTIiiUHD)

3the company 1b mainly active abroad as regards theinterceeding at the accomplishment of loans*

aV £j

ATTORNEYS FOR SEI, SII, and DII

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i

' \ telephonicaily contacted tne

Of all the names mentioned, [

was most familiar to him»

association wj.~uiL I—

said that the name;e added that his

| a local banker and questioned

him about the requirements rlfer-result Of that ronuefgatiPj^ eo^tea an individual at the3T6d him to thS FB1«

^ I J ermcgprl t*hfi

Houston Office of the FBI, nameg?LussiSn!P^n

international funding. Asa^ result• little about it,

said that he was of the opinion that he Knew so little _ag *

that he would probably get into troublej—|

J

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reither SASS international,

Inc., or SASS Entertainment, Inc., was familiar as being the busi

ness which was being established.

Tr;c document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of

3^ its contents are not to pe disf'.outrd outs'cie you agency.

t“c FEi. it is tne property of the FBI and is loane^to your acency;

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In concluding. said that he would be more thanwilling to assist in any additional investigation r

bft did nnf would have anv more information.however f

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tele-phone number

I

furnished the following information:

| |advised that he

tainment Corporation (SEC) duriri5ASS Enter-

stated that he subsequently learned that SEC did not havemoney to loan direct and that for a while he understood thatSEC had access to a large trust fund in Nevada. He advisedthat the next thing he knew SEC allegedly had access to a largeblock of money through a source known as the "Unicoop Trust”

,

Investigation on.2/22/83 Dallas, Texas Dallas 196A-1721



it end its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

2

|

furnished him a SEC brochure regarding in-ternational trust loans which gave the details and proceduresfor obtaining such loans. He advised that during his associationwith SEC he never executed a limited partnership agreement nordid any deals over progress to the point that documents or let-ters as discussed inthe sample broshure were necessary.

He advised that on or about| |

he metTed Gunderson, former Special Agent in Charge (SAC) with theFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who was introduced tohim as the President of the company which was then located in

He said that had allegedly establishedthis connection in Mexico and I land Gunderson were tn travel

tr> Mpyinn to arrange for funds to be handled throughI Tte added that other SEC employees into-

duced to him includem I

never get his mone^He said that he then concluded that he wou]from SECI I

|reviewed his SEC file and based on letters

and notes he tooJc during his association, with the company, madethe following comments:

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Date of transcription.2-9-83

telephone number furnished the followinginformation

s

I Hf> advised t.hat. whilp at. £TT hp mg-h I

|f

1 and he also believes that Ted L. Gunderson -

former Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Inves-

tigation (FBI) and|1^

urzy-e* nvpgpnt nn -Hr! g nppacinn.[

that SII had sources for large blocksof financing through European contact and through The RosicrucianTrust. He said that they told him that SII acted as broker forthe various clients needing funding for business and investmentpurposes, and that SII could provide the necessary collateralto back the loans anrl -Hie, cnnrno -Frvr the Collateral Wasan individual He advised that thisindividual would earn commission points on the loans.

f

y|Dekla International

,

Inc. (DII) was a subsidiary of SII and that both companies wouldform limited partnerships with the clients and would generallysplit the net profits 50/50. He said that they explained tohim that | Iwas lending his company name, DII, which wasan export-import company, and that it was his understandingthat DII did not actually have funds to loan, but that the mainEuropean source of funds was the "Unicoop Trust", Amsterdam.

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ismasil

and Gunderson and that he did

. I He advised that DIIhad telephone number 214-691-2961 and the following listedcorporate officers:

ChairmanDirectors Ted L. Gunderson

PresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurerVice PresidentVice President

advised that during| |

his associationwith DII he never saw any signed or written requests for loans

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He said that if everything appeared to be sound from a businessstandpoint a limited partnership would be drawn up and filedwith the Texas Secretary of State. He advised that next theclient would be asked to set up a partnership bank account andobtain from the bank a fee consideration agreement and aremission letter. He advised that DII would then supplythe collateral, probably in the form of treasury bills, and thebank in turn would issue a letter of credit and/or a promissorynote to the lender's European bank who then would wire transferthe funds, less remissions, to the

•

borrower ' a fiduciarybank which designates disbursements.

|

advised that duringthe time he spent at the offices of uTl , the employees appearedto be actively calling possible sources of funds on behalf ofthe clients. He stated that in addition to the previouslymentioned sources for funding, DII also allegedly was workingwith the Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Canada, in an effort toobtain funding.

He advised that officers of DII would frequently meetwith local bankers in an effort to setup fiduciary or "trustee"banks to handle the pending loans. He recalled that on one

|he hasnever encountered a situation like DII in that the officialsalways insisted that they had access to treasury bills to be

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DL 196A-1721

used as collateral, and who insisted that the reason no loansever materialized was due to problems with either the lender or

the "trustee" bank requirements regarding total commitmentsprior to any funds actually being transferred. He stated that

SII failed to properly notify the Secretary of State's Officewhen it moved locations, and that to his knowledge DII neverpaid the $12 State Business Permit Tax which needs to paid bybrokers or factors or persons who sell for another personvaluable considerations; things such as promissory notes, moniesor merchandise.

that DII currently owes him|

I*anQ

that he no longer is associated with any member of DII which to

his knowledge is currently defunct for all intense and purposes

He stated that notes he maintained while associated with DII

reflect the following:

DL 196A-1721

reference

,

amount of.returned check fromI datedl

makes. the

written on|

"non sufficient

said by check from SIIand returned marked

aid by checkdue to

for services. Both checks bounced,

Brochure and information regarding the Coronado Company,Inc., 4001 Indian School Road, Northeast, Suite 310. Albuquerque.New Mexico, telephone 505-262-2351, and the name

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IHe advised that I I and Gunderson traveled

to Mexico City in an effort to set up the Dallasbanking connection, but that about the same timethe Mexican naturalization took place and the matterwas dropped by DII.

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1

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LonInter*

telephone . furnished the following informafwhen asked if he had ever had any association with Deklanational, Inc. (DII), or Sass International, Inc. (SII):

In 1982, he represented clients who were seeking loanfunds for certain projects. In that regard, he had contact withindividuals from DII and other entities. No funding took placeand to his knowledge, advance fees were not paid by his clients.However, he mentioned that such fees could have been paid by hisclients without his knowledge. He knew of no requests for suchfees

.

hv rIn aboutl" 1 he was telephonicallv contacted

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heard ofmatters. 1

] .flltnouan he had nsvpr mpf-[ ]

had apparentlyahi 1 i ti PS in handling intornaf innal financial

The funds

him or who lcannot recall how

e represented,became known to

I ladvised he has a client trust account at theand if the loan were to be

funded , it would have been dispersed through this account.

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Very shortly afterl I left, he| |

received a call from I|California,

telephone l I advised that he could get theloan funded. He advisedl I to have I bend a telex to the

San Diego . attention I

International Division, and I| regarding certain

details. He advised that|

would get an answer within24 hours. then contacted l H and this telex was sent.

The following day, called him and told himthat he had just determined that the name I was an

\Although!

|had never met|

he had heard from other individuals that | | was known to beunable to fund loans and was possibly involved in fraudulenttransactions.

|

stated that because of this, I shouldsend the same teiex to the l I Thistelex was sent, but nothing transpired Two days later

,|

again called him and told him to have I I send the same telexto the This alsowas doireT our again notnmg transpired.

advised that none of the three banks respondedto telexes, according to

He advised that he cannot recall how cameinto contact with him.

T.ater in thf» year , he obtained another client namedI This loan request I 1 was

"packaged" by DII, 940 0 North Central Expressway, Suite 313,Dallas. I

|a representative of_QIX- instrnnted

Ito call I Ian agent to I

I and determined thatlender in this transaction.

would be the

However

.

whenl 1 telep.honically contacted 1

this bank, in order to advise him that

received a letter via courier sthad not agreed to anything,

ended that transaction.

the 1

advised that this

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He advised he later heard that||and|

I operating a "placement firm or brokerage house" for IMUin Philadelphia, were being investigated by the FBI.

ladvised that another transajsiiioii—Lscurrently taking place possibly involving DII.

|advised regarding the I I

transaction, he represented other clients at that time as wellwho may have had contacts with some of the individuals mentionedHe advised he will identify all of these clients, and their addresses,for SA

j

~1 at a later time. He also advised thathe will have pertinent documents copied from his files and willprovide these to SA

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Date of transcription

1 . \ telephoneI. who was interviewed on July 18 f

19R3,. by SpecialAgent furnished certain documents for photocopyingpertaining to DeKia international , Inc, (DII) , and others,which were discussed during the previous interview. The- documentsare described as follows:

T>a11a's- -1 9 6A-dr?2

1

Investigation on. __»t.San.

.Date dictated.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBfWSns loaned to your agency;

it and its contents are not to oe distributed outside your agency.

FD-3021 (3^-83)

LA 196A-2759LL 196A-1721

f

< «L

.:*£**. - ft* »-'

i‘\r

Continuation of interview of 2

I I advised he is

|

and although he has talked to him on the telephone has nevermet him.

, l_ . ldoes not know anything about R.C. Investments

and has no knowledge of company structure or officers.

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1 Otte of transcription7/15/83

was interviewed at his officein the

presencethe agentview was_Inc. and

I m rneof

| |They were advised of

's official identity and that the purpose of the inter-to discuss h is firm's dealings with Sass International

advised that ’he was familiar with the above namesbased upon legal work his firm had conducted for

He noted that he was not at liberty to discussthe situation with the FBI citing the attorney-client privilege.He noted that the privilege attached to the client, not theattornev

.

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f| further noted that . upon receiving either an

oral or written release from |he would be willing to

furnish a full and candid disclosure of his knowledge of thissituation

.

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i

Inwstiaation on 7_/ 1 4 / B 3 „ Century City,

fcy.-SA ftfs

California Ha fros Angeles 196A-2759

h

7/15/83. One dictated.

240This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. ft is the property of the FBI and is loaned «e goer apsncy:

ft and its contents am not to be distributed outside your agency.

DL 196A-1721

Agent

AT DALLAS, TEXAS

investigation was conducted by Special

On September 8, 1982,| |

Investigator,Comptroller of Currency , Washington. D. C.

,telephonically

contacted Special Agentf~ I Dallas FEDERAL BUREAU OFINVESTIGATION (FBI), and provided the following information:

call from a

details,

I I stated .he had recently received a telephonem al of the L

|Texas, telephone 1 T who told him that a

"Advance Fee" scheme was being perpetrated in Dallas,requested FBI make contact with| |for further

Contacl on September 8

,

|V

This loan was to b<p

secnrei

and to be used as working capital.by his inventory

|.

advised that when| |

a loan commitment letter from DEKLA INTERNATIONAL for|i-tmen

at I Ifor years. This letter '

as President of DEKLA INTERNATIONAL.rneri by TED GUNDERSON

I advised sheis reporting this matter due to believing this is a start of an

advised thal the customer."Advance Fee" swindle.| |

advised thal] I the customs

asked Ito sign the commitment letter to indicate a

willingness to accept the Loan proceeds and to payfee out of these proceeds to I

-I

I advised she believes theL^ loan

>nt letter to indicate a|

.

Loan proceeds and to pay a||

requestfor the

pH i s a.n advance fee to be paici to DEloan from DEKLA to

th pi I loanKLA INTERNATIONAL

Later the same day, I I

1 telephonicallycontacted the writer and advis ed he has a situation regarding &

very good customer of the bank. I Itelephone I

which he wished to report to the FBI in the event criminal

activity was involved. I Hadvisedl I brought a letter

of commitment to his hank from DEKLA INTERNATIONAL -IndicatingDEKLA was to loanL land to pay a| |fee to

an attorney named! jadvised the

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was to be transferred from a bank in Amsterdam, theNetherlands

,

tof 1 The proceeds were to be used _b7Cto 1 Hb7D

] advised ne teeis tnere is something wrong witnthis transaction due to the amount of money involved and thecommitment from DEKLA.

On September 8, 1982, telephone number

Iby the writer,an associate o_individual namedH

Ithey Cl

t.Pil

o

phnnical l v advised the writer in conversation heldandl I who was on extension telephone,—

i— r-

lhad introduced him and|

I During their conversation withto an

^indicated he coulda.ri-anp-ft for such a loan and through subsequent negotiations

,

met associates of II nameq^

J and TED GUNDERSON. pointed out thatthese individuals formed a company known as DEKLA INTERNATIONALwith GUNDERSON being the presi dent. Subsequently, a limitedpgrt.tiprshin was formed betweenas r

t company, which is knownand DEKLA INTERNATIONAL. The agreement

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was that. DEKLA would provide the necessary funds of..

fori I

ladvised TED GUNDERSON signed the joint venture agreementfor DEKLA INTERNATIONAL after having travel ftfi from Los Angeles,

California, to Dallas to mee t with him. J Ladvised he does

]

not know the parts played by\and

C

dPsorihol las a 'baracuda. 11I

land I

however, wouldfstated he believes

adi

with DEKLAh<e 1 earned

invo] \T&C\ \ 1 Me aavisea

this1 1 and that is arranging for this loan

as well, arid Dlannine to run thisl | through 1 1

account in 1

being transferred from Amsterdam. I |advised he has not

advanced any funds to this company to date with the exception of_ ^

pi vi rifr Ifor expenses which are to suppos^

to be^repaid

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onat

]stated he is going to

in Dallas, to pick up his on Momoffice

ay

morning . stated all he has given DEKLA to date to obtain

his loan is the limited partnership agreement where DEKLA gets

50 per cent from' " ’

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Date of transcrlptlor_11/10/82

,accompanied

J telephone numberadvised of the identity of the interviewing Agent as

they were being contacted due to a previous telephoneer-f-aF-inrr -Hi.-H-T I

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explained that lie had gotten the interviewing Agent's name from anindividual named the FBI wasbecause according to

|

investigating Dekla and their activities. At this point, interviewing/icjent pointed out that currently the Dallas Division of the FBI isconducting an investigation regarding ! l and Ted Gunderso?both having been associated with Dekla in the past. However, inter-viewing Agent only was responsible for investigating a matter concerning

3 Further I

due to the association ofnation would be requested of them,provided the following:

were advised thatwith Dekla, certain background infor-

In regard to this matter.

within a few weeksname to Dekla International.

1. Sass International changed itsadvised that the principals involved

] Tedin Dekla International wcreTGunderson, ! |

advised thatlie believes that Dekla was in some sort of financing business, butdid not know the exact nature of the business. He advised that Deklahad a large number of clients of an assorted nature, although couldr,rvb rtiarafit.pri their, i’ n anv single class of people or business. [

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I 1further pointed out that Dekla hired Eshortly after they moved in f[

and I

with two worthless 1 1 advised that

12as well as left

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toy. -£A ..Date dictated. 11/10/8-2-/,TPM/r-fb

252 0

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions o( the FBI. It is the property ot the FBI and is loaned to your a'tfency:

it and Its contents are not to Pe distributed outside your; agency.

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2/11/83

Telephone Number! |, advised]that Dekla International, Inc., (DII),

Based on the above information , SAs | I

H and| (retrieved several boxes which apparentlycontained records ox the company. These records were placedin a locked room at the FBI Office, Dallas, for later detailedreviewing

.

Investigation on.

2/9/83Date dictated.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. it is the property of the FBI and is ’oaned to your agency;


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I Texas, telephone number I Iresidencel|

[ telephone| was advised of the

identity of the interviewing Agent as well as the fact that thsinvestigation was being conducted regarding activities of a

land his association with Dekla International . In regardto the matter being investigated

, |provided the following:

IShe said the explanation for the type of busi-

ness Dekla did, byI was that "we do loans that banks can't ordinarily

do” * I 1 advised she never knew exactly what kind of businessDekla International was in, but saw many clients come and go throughthis office. She advised that she saw nnp <-?l j <=r>t- . I 1 manytimes and that he came to the office to see

|

I Dekla International and another member of the r-firmany knownas

I

1

1 She nrhn sed that she understood that I In^ed^dto borrow

|for his company,

|

advised that me company was very nnnrnam'7prl anH novor onona/l tn ha,

anwhere, ^

I I.at this time all the records of Dekla

International were still located at the offices of Bhanley oil Companywhere they formerly established their business. advised sheknows very little about what actually went on at Dekla Internationalbut would be glad to answer any questions regarding this organizationin the future if other needs for her testimony arise.

Investigation on. 11/8/82at Dallas, Texas

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By communication dated September 22, 1983, the LosAngeles Division advised as follows:

On September 15, 1983,1 I

Mitsubishi Bank. Los Angeles, provided documents indicating thatI were doing business as I

^

I

~

1 _ The documents, dated in July, indicatedwas involved in five billion dollar loans involving various companiesand persons in Singapore. Mitsubishi's Singapore and Los Angelesoffices are mystified by references to their banks in thesedocuments

.

Los Angeles notes that was accompanied_hvl

of 1983.] and

J]on unknown business in

United States during the early months

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i

Date of transcription9/30/82

the fo] fing

22, 1982

1

Texas furnished

1 advised tha t he currently owns and operates—1 area known as f

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[

knew qf his,neeae'd addi tionalstated that

businessto conti.m

infooLeilif inane i ng

,

said that at the timedealings and that hee his ventures. He

I of this need and when]that he could probably arrange for the

arranged for them to meet.

financing __

1 previously informed

He advised

thatJciH

that|

I explained to him that he waslof Sass International (SI), Incorporated

,

(phi was I l and that the companycated at 2500 Ferringon, Dallas, Texas. Ke stated thatadvised him that SI had a source for funding large loans

through a trust representative of ,!Unicop” which was the name of^ai

finance|I I and teat'for the loan atsaid that. I

^ initially indicated tnat ne couia arrangepercent interest, nver a| year period. He

told him that his,||commission for setting

up the loan would come from ,!Unicop’ !

.

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tne trust oemg operated tnrousn an internationalHolland. He said that

panw in amsLeroam

Ithe initial contact with »tini non”

.

, | Iadvised

that he toldl Ithat he needed about

|

|dollars to

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advised that ha mainta ined contact v;ith|

for the next few weeks and that unformed him that he was still

investigation on g at~ Arl IngtOll

,Texas

SAby-

Rm.Date diet.

-FIB£iida.-ia(iA-i7gi

9 /22/82 •

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working on the overseas source for the large fund ing.that on one occasion he went to the SI office andF^him to

1 1 fe recalledintroduced

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(ph) who he described as being an associate.

He stated that! then contaccted him and statedthat it would be necessary to pshah] i ah a I If^^

q

j gn companyHolland through which to funnel thethe trust fund at the hank in Amsterdam to JM in

nevep- aske d him forabout this

in

States. He said thatstatement and that when he askedhim that Ted Gunderson, a former

dollars fromthe United

a financialtold

Special Agent in Charge (SAC)with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in both Dallas and LosAngeles, California, and at one time a prime candidate to becomeDirector of the Federal Bureau of Investigati on, had a securitybusiness in Los Angeles and that he .

I

__ would be "checkedout" by Gunderson. He advised that informed him that an advancefee was needed to handle the various expenses involved in settip gup the foreign company in Holland. He advised that onX

I—in the amount of Vpavaoie to SASS. Signed I Land un i f. f. on r>n moaccount at theand gave the check to [

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£i

] He said thatthe funding could be available within two weeks or it could posstake as long as three months. He stated that to the best of his

then told him thatbly

knowledge, Gunderson was not an officer of SI at that time asf4” "1 Vi i m 4* Vi 4- n 1 _ i - ji* i itold him that Gunderson was also seeking some funding through SI.

contactedHe advised that a few weeks later,,

him and said that there had been a change in plans and that SIplanned to move a large block of money from Holland to California

Vk 4* n I I _ 1_ * 1 1. _ • i itand that his,.brought into California. t_,—,__rtherefore it would not be necessary fori Ito^establish a company in

portion wouldrhe_Lnnluded in the money

He said that] pold him that

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Amsterdam, nor would|

|need an established bank account in Amsterdam.

He advised tha t he subsequently talked wi fch

telephone, possibly while|~

I and thaFImrormea mm that he had determined that!

Luas

_til£

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land that another source, which

aireaay naa runds in the United States, had been developed and thatSI would have access to these funds in the near future.

' b6I advised that during early August, 1982, b7c

neir location to the Glen Lake Towers on Central b7DExpressway, Dallas, Texas, about this same time and changed theirname to Dekla International (DI), Incorporated. He recalledthat it -was about this same time that he was first personallyintroduced to Gunderson and he stated that Gunderson

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was intrj bo him as being the president of SI. He said that he

| who was described to him as being the

lofSI.

He stated that his verbal di

!

Itold him that he wanted[continued

proceeds

|

to receiveHe advised trial

percent of the netthen suggested[p between I land DI,

J He advjjsed that ]offered to return tne 1 1 advance b

fee—because| (Dh) had not provided the necessary proof

of collateral reference the 1 „ 1 dollar loan from

Amsterdam. He said that] I had allegedly been working

with the trust in Amsterdam and since this deal fell through the

Iwould notvhe_n££ded for expenses as originally expected.

He advised thatLHe advised that I \ informed him that the "Adva

should be in shortly and that when it came in he,

it to him.

" moneywould return

advised that pn I I a limited

partnership was formed between and DI following several

l

davs of!, Gunderson and I ,

f I He stated that the name of the partnershiuuas | land the purpose of the partnership was

|

| He stated that the limited partner,

DI, was to receive fifty percent of the net profits and that Ted

L. Gunderson signed the Agreement of Limited Partnership and The

Certificate of Limited Partnership as president of DI.

I advised that at about this same timel

I He said that told him

the money would be available within the next few days.

I He said thatl Itold him that he desired his,

stated that those present at the meeting besides himself an<

included the followings

J

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I | dollars additional _tstated that at the conference |~

dollar block of money which he^l

He advised that|

|was seekingmcing to continue the project. He

I snggp.st.sri that a|

[had access to be funneledthrough|

|since a limited partnership had already

been established and the paperwork could be handled within thenext few days. He advised that he agreed to this nronosa'i .1

advised thatl I explained that the partnershi p urmlri npf. b:

about| I dollars from the I

b:

dollars as the bulk of the money would be used to purchase UnitedStates Treasury Bills or other high interest paying securities tohandle the debt service and to reti re the nnt.e He stated that the.money was to he handled through the

| Ibank account atIand | \ asked him to go to the bank

aiiu nave a ree uonsi deration Agreement signed by the bank. He advisedthat this agreement was to reflect the loan amount asdollars and .that upon receipt of the money the bank would pav

|

of the total amount tol Attorneyat Law. 1 1

He stated that oninformed him that he was going to California reference a banking

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DL 196A-1721

transaction and that he would have the for him upon hisreturn. 1 1

_ I 1r executed

tne Fee consideration Agreem£nJL_requested by I He statedthat the following morning telephoned him to advise thatthere was possibly a problem with the Fee Considera±jjon_Agreementwhich was executed the previous day. He said that| I informedhim that the bank had another customer who came into the bankwith a

| I letter from DI for i Tdollars and whowanted a bank loan of

| npos^ibiv t.r> pay the "Advance Fee"on the large loan. He said that

|suspected a sham was involved

and that the FBI Office at Dallas had been contacted regardingthe matter. He said that he subsequently had a telephone discussionwith Special Agent at the Dallas FBI Office.

He advised that on[to the office of DI and talkf

he went

and that the bank should proceed wi th the transaction,advised that he had told his friftrtril I ahrmfc hgirur

i

the FBI onl

Isincelloans as discussed with]coming in the near future,

he has had no contact withand_tha±_h£_was still hopeful theand associates would be forth-

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i


Date of transcriptionl/iom

furnished the following information:] telephone number

advised that, to date, SASS International, Inc.(SII) has nor provided him with funding for his business ventures.nor has SII returned the I I which he paid to SII onHe stated

j

hat as recent as I I he, was in contact wxtnconcerning his funding and that

h<

1

funding was forthcoming, possibly within the week.is currently residingP

^insured him that theHe advised that

telephone numberdifferent possible sources for the funding.

J

11

ana tnat l I nas inaicarea mree

advised that during his dealings with SII during 1982,he possibly had some telephone calls with

1 He advised that logical telephone numbers he had accessfcn during his dealings with STT included his residence telephone.

the office telephone nuiphar nf business associatenum]

which until

f

telephone numberT ,and telephone number

1. was a telephone number at

Investigation on 1/18/83 „ Arlington, Texas .File #. Dallas 196A-1721

t>y. SA .Date dictated. 1/18/83


it and its contents are not to he distributed outside your agency.

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FD-3Q2 'Rev. 3-10-82)


Data of transcription. 8/30/83-

Federal Bureau c

3

came in to the Albuquerque DivisionInvestigation, and advised that he

I , 1,I advised be had

In a telephonic i j nn wi thl he advised hewMilri hring the original |paid toHatprir ~l when he came to the Albuquerque Office.

| 1 stated he would search_his_Ei3cords and check with hisaccou ntant and bring it by.- I |

was unable to locate the

checkP but stated ne would bring it next week.

|lady n eed he met subject|

|I | was representing Dekla Jnc., a world

wide company based in Holland. I 1 was looking fo:;~ ano—inter-ested in companies that would supply new funding for|

|

Iladvisedl Ithax a trust could be set

up for | Iin Dfkla TTc In I I

traveled

to Dallas, Texas . Iland met with

| \

and

associate, Ilan d said they could provide

long term financing fcr company with • deal rates"

through use of government or corporate bonds. Ig.ubmi tted

an application to I I and I then returned to|

A short time thereafter.I |

was contact ed by| |

about

di fferent funding.|

| advised ifl Iwas submitted

by I some immediate iunding would be available to||and

that the ! Iwas refundable to I I if the deal did not_£2through. |

|then sent a check made our to "S.I.I." for| _

—

which was deposited in "S.I.I.” account, but would be specificallypaid only if completion of the transaction took plac g.,—| .

does not recall the attorney's name, advisee le subjects

1 \Qiel\-n^\-further advised that he does not know of any other

victims.

Investigation on.

8/23/83 and8/24/83 at

Albuquerque, New Mexicoettm

|^

196A-536

.Date e*5J25/83

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is tht property of the FBI ana' is itiJfflcrTttiT&u.

it and Its contents are not to oe distributed outside your agency.

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F0*302 (REV. 3-8-77)


I, telephone numberthe following information:

«t« Of ImmrliiUM 1/14/83

-ional Bank,furnished

||advised that on May 21, 1982, SASS International,

Incorporated (SII) , 2500 Farington , Dallas . Texas 75207, openedbusiness checking account number f

|The names of individuals

listed to sign on the account included I

~1

He stated that the bank closed the account on

Investigation on.1/7/83 Dallas, Texas DL 196A-1721



it and its contents are not to Pe distributed outside your agency.

264 v

FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)


premises, leaving behind their company books and records,stated that these books and records were being discarded as trashthat date, and that the items had been placed in the publichallway to be carried off by the building maintenance crew.

Portions of these records were retrieved by SpecialAgent r I and| which included the attached.



FBI/ DOJ

EMfflMJRffST^Tireit “Saaioa

)

(First Pacific, Int'l Bank

Western Samoa

Officers: Chairman of the Board — I"

PresidentL

Vice President

Secretary/Treasurer

General Manager

MERLIN ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION (California Corporation)

17662 Irvine Blvd, Suite 6

Tustin, Ca. 92680

Officers: Chairman of the Board --

President

Exec, Vice-President —Secretary

CALIFORNIA

PASQUAL DEVELOPMENT

(Construction).

Owner:

Joint Venture

SA~SS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

(Financing)

17662 Irvine Blvd, Suite 6

Tustin, Ca. 92680

— Tanglewood Chairman of the Board:—:‘ President - :

too, Vice-President :

\ Se«eU#msurer*

FD-302 (REV. 3*8-77) r r



I . 1 hngj nas'B teleDhonenumber^ jand residence at telephonenumber L furnished the following information:

advised that during he was seekingfinancing for a business proj ect and learned through|

that he I Iinvolved in,o handle the

friend, I I

setting up limited partnerships who mj

funding of the project. He said that ]

the company was Dekla Internati onal (PI). Inc., and that PI obtained

ght be able]told him the name of

stated that on telephonedhim and told him that the meeting had been arranged and that he

was to go to the DI office located at 9400 North Central Expressw;

Suite 314. He stated that when he arrived at the DI office|

introduced him to IL and tol

| |of the company who handled

s^y*

1 and that he then explained the nature of his business toHe said that he told them that he was primarily

I He advised that he needed funding for

stated that he told them he needed|

dollars for the

total package and that they told him 01 could handle the financingand that the ir source was an international trust account. He

advised that l Ifurnished him a Client's Application to fill

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out in order that DI could review the application and make a decisionas to whether he qualified for the loan.- He stated that they did

not request any other data regarding him personally nor did theyrequest any specific information concerning his company. He said

,

that the application called for personal and business references,however, to his knowledge they were never contacted by DI :

. He

Investigation on.

t>y.SA

9/28/82 Dallas. Texas _Fi.e Dallas 196A-1721

U. '

pia .Date dictated.9/28/8?

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advised that he returned the completed application to PI later thatsame evening and that he dated the application

advised that on he met with atDI and was told that the financial package he had requested hadbeen approved. He said that I Itold him that DI would fund theproject and that they needed to form a partnership agreement with DIreceiving 50 percent of the net profit. He said that he agreed toforming a limited partnership with /DI which would be drawn upby DI. He advised thatl

I then provided him with a letter fromDI, dated l L which confirmed the terms and conditionsof the loan and that a limited partnership was to be formed. Headvised that the letter reflected the loan amount to be

|

~

dollars, at I loercent interest for years with the interest toI He seated that the letter was

signed by Ted L. Gunderson, President of DI. He recalled thatdur ing thi s visit to DI he observed an individual in the officewho said was Gunderson but he said they were never actuallyintroduced. He added that the letter reflected that an escrowaccount would be opened at the Bank of America in California forfunding the project.

1 L Jadvi,sed_anJ I hp mpt. pt pmni <->vpp|

I (phonetic) .1'

and on I I he me ti I describedas a white male approximately T . LJHe stated that at about thissamp t.ims he met DI employee named

| |whose last name was possibly

I who told him that Gunderson was a former FBI officialin Dallas. He said that on August 30, 1982. he telephonedthe Dallas FBI Office and was advised by that Gundersonwas in fact a former FBI official.

I ladvised that even though DI had approved him for asubstantial loan he continued to seek the necessary funding through.Other means . He said that nn I I he met *n fchl

an officer

| |He advised that during be

this meeting he informed I I of his efforts to obtain funding b?

through DI and thatj | said that she had heard of such types b7

of deals, however, to her knowledge none of the deals had beensuccessful. He advised on

| | informed himthat the bank had processed his loan application and that the bank haddecided not to grant him the loan. He stated that at this same meetinganother female bank officer was present and that this officer asked

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him specific questions regarding his knowledge of DI. He saidthat based on instructions from DI he had taken a Fee ConsiderationAgreement letter to the bank which reflected-to handle the eserc1 nan frnm HT 1 1

>w account reference thel IdollarrvP f.hp f.nfal amnnnf unnl A ho na i d fcn

i

fHe" advised that the letter indjoatftd that the 1 r

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] he advised that the bank officersrefused to do business with him on the DI deal stating that theyneeded more sneri fjic information regarding DI and they also pointedout that he, did not even have an account at the bank.

stated that on heexecuted a Certificate of Limited Partnership and an Agreement ofT.imjt-.pri Part.nsrshin with nT anrf that the name of the partnershipwas

| . |He said that the partnership called

for DI to receive 50 percent of the net nrnfif.s ?jnd that bothdocuments were signed by

i

that the documents were prepared by[of DI. He advised

He advised that on tnlHhim that DI was working closelv with who was the

He stated thatFwas to act as the fiduciary bank i’o~rT

said that at the direction of

Jbuild with[as a white male, about

hair and Gunderson as a white malein his fifties with alighhlv craving hair. He stated that

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He advised that Gunderson apparently leftDallas during early September to return to the West Coast wherehe owns and operates an investigative firm.

provided xerox copies of the following listed items:

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Dekla International, Inc.

Dekla International, Inc.


1/27/83Data of tranacrlptlo

telephone numbertelephone number

who resides' at f

furnished the following informations

nnrinm| he was introduced

S7LS5 International , Inc

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< S-TJ > - and "DJcIa International f•. Inc. , . (DU), Glenn Lake Towers

BuMding,. $-4Cr North Centralthe- -introduction was made br

He advised that he met I La±-_SXL_and that theyinitially dj vruVsec

|land had a general

discussion regardingrtheir goals and financial expectations.

He stated that| |exnlained that SIT had access to largeblocks of capital from

| |

possibly others. He advised that I I said that SII and DIIha?; dJ ::eet contact with the U. S. Representatives of thesetrusts '-a-id thrh there were no middlemen involved. He recalledilist'efitr.ei

I I or -orher officials of SII informed him thatthese *?. Rewre’sentatitfes were I I

I I He said that | mentioned thatI I was • one of these representatives.

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informed him 'that SII and I I were to form a limited partnershipanr: that they would offer him a percentage of the profits forhis services. He -said that on this occasion he verbally agreedto offer his services.

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1/20/83

Tt>S» document contains Ml- *'«i recommentistlona nor conduciont of the FBI. It to tl»e property of the FBI and to loaned to your ateney;12 onoitr contents tre net U>.De distfituted outside your aoency.

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He stated that he also informed] Jthat he knew of

several potential business deals that he,|\

could broker

and that! responded favorably to this suggestion. He

advised that he and I Ithen arrived at an understanding

as to how these deals could be divided.

aid that their basic agreement was that

He advised that on this first visit to SII lie also

was introduced to Ted Gunderson, President, DII, and| |

I also an officer of DII.

Dodd ar

SII and met with[meeting too

sii

that a day or two later he returned tol He said that according to his notes this

I He stated

He recalled that commission percentages o;

He advisedartnerships

then discussed forming

He advised that

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took over the management of PI I and I Ireportedly came fromalifornia. I

Lwould give him one excuseafter another. He said .that often told him that the mainproblem was with the fiduciary banks that were to handle anddisperse the funds. He advised that another employee of PI

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l ne aavisea matI told him that there had been some problems in getting

the expected money into the U. S. banking system because thebankning system really did not want foreign money coming intothe U. S.

stated that||then said that it would not be a problem for

DII to check on the validity of the information and he calledGunderson into his office. He said that he then told Gunderson

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this same information and that Gunderson said that he couldcheck out the information within a day or so and that he wouldget back to him with an answer . He advised that Gundersonsubsequently telephoned for him I I

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that the information was valid. He said that in a subsequentpersonal conversation with Gunderson he thanked Gunderson forchecking on the information and that either Gunderson I —then told him that the information had been varified

,was exhibited pages one of eight and seven of

eight of an Agreement of Limited Partnership between DII and

himself and pages one of nine and seven of nine of an Agreementof Limited Partnership!

I

| I DII. and himself and he advised that they appearedto be accurate copies of agreements he discussed with and/orexecuted with DII.

also advised that dictated to himthe following xeroxed letter which he had typed and forwardedto

Letter attached hereto:

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I Telephone Numberfurnished the following information

:

I advised he is a\ \ \Hand

that during the he was interested in obtaining

funding or financial backing of some' sort to|

tt<* statpd he read an advertisement in "The Pall

Morning News" newspaper which had been placed by~

rpgariiinn mnnw to loan for business ventures. He said fte .

contacted ! T and was subsequently referred to|

Dekla International, Inc., (DII) , Glen Lake Towers, Dallas,

He advised he met with||around I

.|-L

and that after he explained his needs to| he was told byj

that DII had sources for large sums of money in Europe and

the money came from Zuric, Switzerland, through Germany, and^

eventually into the United States. He advised| J explained

to him that there would be points that had to be paid^

to obtainthe money . wp c-i-atprl Vip infor-med Blair that he anticipatednf>p.fi ing aboutl—,

1

Ithen told him that he may as well apply for |_^to insure that ample money was available for the project. He

i _ . . . i »advised thatl |

told him that the interest rate pn such a loan

would hd per cent withl Idue I —

He cpidVupi.l I told him that DII would provide the necessary

collateral to spire the loan but that hej Jwould be

required to pay I i n advance for processing the loan

.

He advised that he told that he did not have the|_ p I

and that l I then said that he could pay I Iof the fee

up front and the haianee when the funding was obtained. He

stated that he provided I— , , ^ ,— . . I— “8 He stated told him that

Dll would fund the project and |Ithen introduced him to

ptt I I He advised I I then explained

to him the details of the Limited Partnership which was'to be

drawn up and signed by the parties involved. He added tha

whilte at DTI he was introduced to another individual, possioiy

named! I He advised^ also,told hlM_

Investigation on-

pate dictated

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the

It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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FBI It I* tne Property of the FBI and Is loaned to y6u< agency;

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that the limited partnership would have to be signed byTed Gunderson/ President/ DII. He said he never met Gunderson.

he returned to DII and|advised that a couple of days later^viewed a Limited Partnership Agreement

He advised he has hadno additional contact with any official at DII. He furtheradvised he had no mail correspondence with DII nor were thereany long distance telephone calls involved to his knowledge

.

Tte he never paid DII the advance fee as requested by

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Unclas 3-20-84

Director, FBI (196-3895)

SAC, IgLjLas (196A-1721)

TED Ii . GUNDERSON , AKA TED GUNDERSON;

dekla international, Inc., 9400 central expressway,SUITE 314, DALLAS, TEXAS? FBW; ITSP; 00: DALLAS

Dallas is requested to provide FBIHQ with a prosecutive

Exec AD Adm.

Exec AD Inv.

Exec AD LES

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv.

Ident.

Insp.

Intel).

Lab

Legal Conn'.-

Off. Cong* &

Public Affs

Roc. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec’y

ft .

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MAIL ROOM

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Memorandum

<s> :0Subject : TED fr.~Q]JNQERSON' , AKA TED* GUNDERSON ; [

4]

1; DBA¥DEKLA~_T «-•» ^ ->n««iea3CJ»i

INTERNATIONAL, INC.. .—9,400—.CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY ._ SUITE 314_,DALLAS, TEXAS; FBW; ITSP ; 00:

™ —DALLAS

Exec AD Adm.

Exec AD Inv* .

Exec AD LES 4-Asst,

Adm. i

Crtm,

Ident,

Insp. .

ic AD LES

'• Dlr- ! /‘dm. Serve. . -JL&jjf

Tim.

lent, !

Intel I, .

Lab. _Legal Coun. —

Off. Cong. &Public Affs. .

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Serve. _

Training

Telephone Rm. _Director's Sec'y .

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PURPOSE: To provide an update of captioned matter in which formerSpecial Agent in Charge Ted L. Gunderson is the subject of anAdvance Fee/Fraud by Wire investigation.

RECOMMENDATION : None, for information only.

jftPPflOVED:\ Adm. Serv

feV Crim. \nvJ

director CExec. AD-Adm. Ictat.

:Exec. AD-Inv. __ inspection.

^ intoli. I

Off. of Ceng.« riib’iC Affs._

nsc. Ivlgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

DETAILS : Captioned investigation was instituted in September, 1982,based upon information obtained by the Comptroller of the Currencyduring an examination of the Allied Bank, Dallas., Texas, indicatingthat certain customers of the bank might be involved in a fraudulentAdvanced Fee scheme. Subsequent investigation disclosed that-sallegedlyfraudulent letters of loan commitment were being issued (Wfsubjectsdoing business as Delka International, Inc. , (DII) , of Va&\gLs§JTexas

,

in return for substantial advance fees . One of these committmentletters was signed by Ted L. Gunderson acting as PresidentHSf DII.

b6hi, # *

|to Mr. Revel 1 Memorandum

Re: TED L. GUNDERSON

Investigation by the Dallas Division has developedevidence revealing that Gunderson is likely a co-conspiratorand aider and abetter of captioned subjects.

In mid-March, . 1984 , a prosecutive report preparedby the Dallas Division regarding this matter was presented tothe Assistant U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas(AUSA, NDT) . Following his review of the report, AUSA, NDT

,

advised that he would seek indictment of subjects for Fraud byWire, Mail Fraud, and possibly Interstate Transportation of StolenProperty

.

The Dallas Division advised on December 7th, 1984, thatthe AUSA, NDT has taken no additional steps toward prosecutionin this matter since the summer of 1984. The AUSA has asked forno additional investigation and has advised that he is engagedin matters of greater priority at this time.- However, theAUSA has advised that Gunderson will be prosecuted.

MemorandumExec AD lnv.

Exec AD LESj^

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs]

Crim. lnv.

\V

\

\\\

To

From

^i^Revell

\ADate 9/18/84

Ident. _

Insp. _Intell. .

Lob. _

Subject: TED L,

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(VNDERSON . AKA TED GUNDERSON:

Legal Coun.

Off. Cong. &

Public Affs. _

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs. _Training

Telephone Rm. _Director's Sec'y .

]

XNTERNATI-QNAL-,—IN.C . , 9400 .CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 314.DALLAS, TEXAS ; FBW; ITSP; 00: DALLAS

PURPOSE :

To provide an update of captioned matter in which formerSpecial Agent in Charge Ted L. Gunderson is the subject of anAdvance Fee/Fraud by Wire investigation.

RECOMMENDATION:


Crfm.hvl

0^DETAILS :

Doctor —jfes-

Exoc. AD-

Ex$C. AD-Inv, IJ

trspectror,.

.©{ja? Court.

Qti. o? CcrtQ-

& Public A*fs.

Rec _Tech. Sor/s._

Trainings

Captioned investigation was instituted in September, 1982,based upon information obtained by the Comptroller of the Currencyduring an examination of the Allied Bank, Dallas, Texas, indicatingthat certain customers of the bank might be involved in a fraudulentAdvanced Fee scheme. Subsequent investigation disclosed that allegedlyfraudulent letters of loan commitment were being issued by subjects .

doing business as Dekla International, Inc., (DII), of Dallas, Texas^,)

in return for substantial advance fees. One of these commitmentletters was signed by Ted L. Gunderson acting as President o^. DII

.

XfciLL e-L'S

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i -Mr. RpvpII

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(CONTINUED 4 OVER) A

I to Mr. Revell MemorandumRE: TED L. GUNDERSON

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Investigation by the Dallas Division has developedevidence revealing that Gunderson is likely a co-conspiratorand aider and abettor of captioned subjects .

In mid-March, 1984, a prosecutive report preparedby the Dallas Division regarding this matter was presented tothe Assistant U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas(AUSA,; NDT). Following his review of the report, AUSA, NDT,advised that he would seek indictment of subjects for Fraud byWire, Mail Fraud, and possibly Interstate Transportation of StolenProperty. According to the Dallas Division, AUSA, NDT, has completedthe compilation of a witness list for Federal grand jury testimonyand during the week of September 2, 1984, met with the Dallascase Agent to discuss specific counts to be lodged againstindividual subjects. A total of 25 possible counts were identifiedwith which Gunderson could be charged.

( 2 )

PURPOSE :

To provide an update of captioned matter in which formerSpecial Agent in Charge Ted L. Gunderson is the subject of an AdvanceFee/Fraud by Wire- investigation.

RECOMMENDATION

:


Captioned investigation was instituted in September, 1982,based upon information obtained by the Comptroller of the Currencyduring an examination of the Allied Bank, Dallas, Texas, indicatingthat certain customers of the bank might be involved in a fraudulentAdvanced Fee scheme. Subsequent investigation disclosed that allegedlyfraudulent letters of loan commitment were being issued by subjects

doing business as Delka International, Inc. , (DII) , of D3JJLs.s.,,.^T,exag

ii^_ji

in return for substantial advance fees. One of these commitment I

letters was signed by Ted L. Gunderson acting as President

Investigation by the Dallas Division has developed evidence

revealing that Gunderson is likely a co-conspirator and *SSagt and

abetter of captioned subjects.

During the week of February 4, 1985, a meeting was heldbetween the Dallas Division and the United States -Attorney (USA)

,

Northern District of Texas (NDT) , in an effort to resolve thiscase. The USA had this investigation reassigned to an AssistantUnited States Attorney (AUSA) whose workload was not as heavy asthe prior AUSA; however, it was pointed out at this meeting thatno prosecution would be undertaken or final prosecutive decisionmade for approximately two months because of the current workloadin the NDT. The current AUSA did indicate to the Dallas Divisionthat the case appeared to merit prosecution.

(.2 )*

Legal Coun. _

Off. Cong. &Public Affs. .

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs. _

Training

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y

PURPOSE To advise that the United States Attorney for theNorthern District of Texas has declined to consider prosecutionof former Special Agent in Charge Ted L. Gunderson for hisactivities in an Advance Fee/Fraud By Wire matter.

RECOMMENDATION

:


Atfrn. Servs.

Crim. fnv.

&®c. AD-Attin$3rCS-,rin->i

iCxec. AD-Inv. A ,

&m^AO-LES /)/ •01til

fatay_«Qaf Coun.

Off, of Cong.£ Public Affs.

Mgnt. ^3ervs._

JraiwnaDETAILS

:

In September , ^5>982 , the" Dallas trrvi^ion- instituted aFraud by Wire investigation into allegations that fraudulentletters of commitment were being issued through DeklaInternational of Dallas, Texas to finance speculative businessventures in the United States with overseas loans. These lejbte-rsof credit were allegedly drawn on a bank in Amsterdam,The Netherlands and were obtained by paying advance fees toDekla. No funding was ever obtained and seven victims lostapproximately $91,000.

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- Mr. Revell 1

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117 AUG 2 8 1985

RE: TED L. GUNDERSON, AKA TED GUNDERSON; ALLEN BLAIR

One of the commitment letters was signed byTed Gunderson as president of Dekla International.Mr. Gunderson, a former SAC, was the acting president forapproximately six weeks.

Investigation indicated that Gunderson participated inefforts to locate funding for clients through contacts withforeign financial sources, but no actual funding was everobtained. It has been opined that Gunderson had been hired as a"front" to legitimize the operation. The Dallas Division advisedFBIHQ in December, 1983, that the case against Gunderson appearedto be weak inasmuch as Gunderson was an officer of the enterprisefor only six weeks, apparently did not receive any proceedsgenerated by the captioned fraud and possibly was unaware of anyfraudulent activities on the part of other subjects.

On 6/14/85, United States Attorney (USA)/ ¥ *J. ' - '

for the Northern District of Texas (NDT) forwarded a letter tothe Dallas Division advising that, due to the amount of the loss,the relative weakness of the prosecutive evidence and the relatedstrength of the defenses available, no prosecution would beundertaken against former SAC Gunderson. Cit is to be noted thatFriday, 6/14/85, was final day as United States Attorney.)

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