'AGENT' SWINDLE UNFOLDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400260012-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 25, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

Sanitized - Approved For Release : Cl
S EP ~ 5 1964
Sanitized - Approved For Release CIA.- DP75-00149R00040026001'2-0
The ?0oak and ilaggr,
t"qC h fake Central Tnte1Ii.gencr
i.agr.nt who fleeced a :lW[Faml
college girl. of almost, 54,000 :J
unfolded here Thursday,
A federal grand jury indict-
'?: rd Carl Ekelof, 40, on charges
of posing,as a. federal agent.'
1:keluf, who Lad rlude~l.~
police for months, arrest,-
An-
ed last Sunday In Los.
gcles.
h 4
Assistant U.S. District At- -{
i. tocney Lloyd Bates said the,
;fleecing developed this way:
kelof, allegedly posing as
;a ; government undercover.
man fighting Cuban Dictator" f
Fidel Castro, made contact in [
1 .1,962 with Barry. College stu-
f deist Mary Ann Hutch, 19, of
Kent, Ohio. Their first meet-
inj was at the 79th St. Shop-
'-ping Center.
V. The ? girl told authorities
,6
u Elolof, also known as Carl F.
.Karlstrom, said he contacted'"
I hcv because' she was known
i."'to be interested in i'regdom.",)
Soon after, 'she said, , he
,'asked for $1,000, supposedly;
to pay the ransom of Castro: i
'prisoner. The girl withdreW ;!
}thomoney,i'rom a joint bank
count sh~;..'had lwitr', 1h6i