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Cold open. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file titled “Stefano Magaddino – Section Seven of Ten,” dated September fourteenth, nineteen sixty‑four. The document is notable because it contains a contemporaneous investigative summary of organized‑crime activity linked to the Magaddino family in western New York and references to a translated Italian‑Sicilian wiretap. The source is archived at the Black Vault, https://archive.org/download/1464742-0-file-1-section-7/1464742-0 - File 1 - Section 7djvu.txt. Provenance. The file was released to the public through a Freedom of Information Act request, case number FOI/PA 1464742‑0. The Black Vault posted the material on its website on an unspecified release date. The declassification authority is the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which authorized the public disclosure of the material in accordance with its internal FOIA procedures. The document. The first page of the file is headed “F‑B‑I FOI/PA DELETED PAGE FOI/PA 1464742‑0 Total Deleted Page(s).” A list of deleted pages follows, enumerating pages one‑three‑seven, one‑four‑zero, one‑four‑one, and so forth through page four‑seven‑four. The notation indicates that those pages were removed under exemption B1. The next portion of the file is a memorandum dated September fourteenth, nineteen sixty‑four. It reads: “Transmit the following in plaintext or code (Priority). To: Director, F‑B‑I (92‑2924). From: SAC, Buffalo (92‑61). Subject: STEVEN MAGADDINO – Weekly Summary.” The memorandum continues: “Following is a summary of information furnished by BU 280‑C for the period August seventh through August thirteen, nineteen sixty‑four. On September seventh, nineteen sixty‑four, PETER A. MAGADDINO was overheard discussing the possibility of obtaining a three hundred dollar payment on a life insurance policy on an unidentified deceased person without the Welfare Department knowing of the existence of this policy. The informant advised that a visit to Niagara Falls was scheduled. On September eighth, nineteen sixty‑four, it was learned that the Welfare Department would not pay for the funeral of the deceased person mentioned above. Subsequently, PETER A. MAGADDINO advised that he and VINCENT R. CRO had stayed at the Seaway Towers in Toronto and had returned to Buffalo on September six, nineteen sixty‑four. It appeared to the informant that they had visited the Canadian National Exhibition.” Further down the memo the agent notes: “On September eight, nineteen sixty‑four, the subject was observed in conversation with a representative of what appeared to be an Income Tax Bureau, apparently attempting to collect back taxes. The informant reported that the Magaddinos were aware that parents and family were gone in Niagara Falls over the weekend of September twelve and thirteen,

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This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

FBI File: Stefano Magaddino Section 7 Of 10 (declassified FBI Document) [516 Pages]

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Cold open. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file titled “Stefano Magaddino – Section Seven of Ten,” dated September fourteenth, nineteen sixty‑four. The document is notable because it contains a contemporaneous investigative summary of organized‑crime activity linked to the Magaddino family in western New York and references to a translated Italian‑Sicilian wiretap.

Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was FBI File: Stefano Magaddino Section 7 Of 10 (declassified FBI Document) [516 Pages] about?: Cold open. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file titled “Stefano Magaddino – Section Seven of Ten,” dated September fourteenth, nineteen sixty‑four. The document is notable because it contains a contemporaneous investigative summary of organized‑crime activity linked to the Magaddino family in western New York and references to a translated Italian‑Sicilian wiretap.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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