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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file concerning Stefano Magaddino, the alleged racketeer from Niagara Falls, New York. The document is part of a ten‑section series, the first section comprising 277 pages, and it appears in the public archive at the Black Vault. PROVENANCE. The file was released through the Black Vault’s online archive, accessible at https://archive.org/download/magaddino-file-1/Magaddino%20file%201djvu.txt. The material was made public under a Freedom of Information Act request, case number one four six four seven four two dash zero, and declassified by the FBI’s Office of Records Management in the summer of nineteen fifty‑seven. THE DOCUMENT. The opening sheet is an FOI/PA deleted‑page information sheet. It lists total deleted pages as six and identifies the specific pages removed: page one hundred thirteen, page one hundred forty, page one hundred forty‑one, page one hundred forty‑two, page one hundred sixty‑two, and page two hundred forty‑three. The notation reads “[six pages redacted]” for each entry. The next item is an Office Memorandum addressed to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, dated September twentieth, nineteen fifty‑seven, from Raymond F. Farrell, Assistant Commissioner, Investigations Division, Central Office. The memorandum concerns a subject identified as Antonio Martini, also known as Antonio Wartinico. It states that the name was furnished as a possible witness in the investigation of Stefano Magaddino, an alleged racketeer of Niagara Falls, New York, whose investigation is being accorded top‑priority handling. The memorandum notes that the subject was located in San Francisco, California, and that he had been indicted in New York City on September fifteenth, nineteen twenty‑one for first‑degree murder, fled the jurisdiction, and is now a fugitive. It references New York City Police Department fingerprint records B‑28829 and F‑21922, indicating that the fingerprint matches the alien registration record for the subject. Following the memorandum is a report form, FD‑72, dated December sixteenth, nineteen fifty‑seven, filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Reporting Office. The report summarizes the case: Stefano Magaddino, born October tenth, eighteen ninety‑one in Castellammare del Golfo, Italy, naturalized United States citizen on March second, nineteen twenty‑two, residing at 1653 Whitney Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York. It lists his wife, Carmel Magaddino, born April twentieth, eighteen ninety‑six in Italy. The report notes that the Treasury Department advised that Magaddino is a member of the Grand Council of the Sicilian underworld gang in the United States, with possible connections to gambling operations in Niagara Falls and neighboring Canada. It records that James L. Du Ca, the subject’s brother‑in‑law, attended

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FBI File: Stefano Magaddino Section 1 Of 10 (declassified FBI Document) [277 Pages]

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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file concerning Stefano Magaddino, the alleged racketeer from Niagara Falls, New York. The document is part of a ten‑section series, the first section comprising 277 pages, and it appears in the public archive at the Black Vault.

Date: JUL 27 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was FBI File: Stefano Magaddino Section 1 Of 10 (declassified FBI Document) [277 Pages] about?: COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file concerning Stefano Magaddino, the alleged racketeer from Niagara Falls, New York. The document is part of a ten‑section series, the first section comprising 277 pages, and it appears in the public archive at the Black Vault.
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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