AKRON MAN TO BE FREED OVER SENTENCE INCREASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200540001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 23, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2000/08/26 : CIA-RDP75-00001
CLEVELAND, 01110
PRESS
Z-55:i 1345
.'JUN 2 31966
M R,'~ ; Free
over Sentence Encr ease .
rently,
Later, it was discover cd
that the maximum sente;. _-e ~?
for fraud is five years. Juc.~e
Connell brought Adams ba, k,-;
dismissed his original scn-l
tencc, and increased Adar,,s"
sentence for? trans port. n g
stolen. money from one to!
10 years. Adams was then
sentenced tp, one year con-(
current terns for: fraud and
the other. charges.
ADAMS CLAIMED t h a t,'
while a judge could ',lower'
his sentence, he couldn't in-
crease it, and the Court, of
Appeals agreed. .r
At the time of his arrest,?
Adams claimed he ? was a
CIA..agent.; pujchasing -arms
to be used in ,overth`rowing
the Haitian g=rnment; Tlie
e ams, a -c u:.0 c 'g i a cin r ny
'man who claimed to bc-.a' CIA ,?gent, will be released
from federal piisofi ~ooni7e decision by,theK
U. S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.,
in December,1964, Adams
was convicted of fraud and-e `-nirrt ,t1,i;~,
interstate t r trans poration of Adams claimed lie was
stolen money.? in connection "borrowing" the money to-.,;
with a $125,000 check kiting finance the revolution. There
scheme at the Akron, Dime were reports' Adams obtained
Bank. millions of dollars' in 'con.
operations over the globe.?4~
Judge James C.. Connell Adams cannot be re-tried,'
sentenced Adams to 10 y'~ars since his conviction.itself wasp
in prison on the fraud reversed, according to Rob-
charge and a year each on, Ort J. ?otatori,.assistant U. S.1
porting charges of transporting attorney.
stolen money, withi the scn, .r 4uu
Approved For Release 2000/08/26 CIA-RDP75-00001 R.000200540001,-6