'AGENT' SWINDLE UNFOLDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400130020-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: September 25, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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The cloak and ila~gci st.nr~'
or. a fake Central intelligencrf
agent who 'fleeced a ~Uam; ?I
collcge girl. of almost;.S5,00Q 1
'` unfolded here Thursday. ? ',
1 A federal grand jury indict-0 ,
ed Carl Ekelof, 40, on ? charges
of posing,as a federal agent.' -11
7Jkelof, who had eluded
police for months, was aric 5t-
' ? geles.
I. Assistant U.S. District At
1 t.orney Lloyd Bates said the--
~ ,floccing developed this way: 1
kelof, allegedly posing as'!
a ; government undercover
man fighting Cuban Dictator'-)
Fidel Castro, made contact in
;..1962 with Barry. College stu
delft Mary Ann Hutch, 19, of
),Kent, Ohio. Their first meet,
log was at the 79th St. Shop-
ping Center.
prisoner. The girl withdreW:'
,
4'ssked for ?1,000, supposcdly
,
u El(olof, also known as Carl F.
Karlstram, said he contacted
'f
she was known.
her because'
"to be interested in frcgdom."
she said, he
soon after
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The girl told authorities ,