U.S. INDICTS BRADLEY BRYANT ON GEORGIA FRAUD CHARGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100810001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 2, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

The China Lake investigatibti was ?~
promoted-by a series of articles pub-
in. The` Bulletin last Decem-
-
ber _ e--series, detailed: Bryant's
_rrk te4 ous business' activities,.` lit
clod'ng-an?,international 7bodyguard'.
service he.operated from an office in
the :.King of Prussia hfall' Valley
Forgz
Bryant and; his associates provid-
ed security for Nevada drug kingpin
Jjmmy~ Shags. j
His associatio .,whit Shags, who
has since been imprisoned, eventual-
ly-led Bryant'into international drug
trafficking, in Colombia, South..
America,' according to Justice, De-_,.
partment records- obtained by The .
Bulletin.... ::.
Besides his other current prob--
iems with-. federal - authorities, .
Bryant's name has also su ac a
ect
erative in the cur-
? rent U.S. .Justice Department probe
of international smuggling
ventures by two ex-ClA,ents Ed
win Wilson and Frank, Terpil.
Wilson an . erp recruited.U.S:
.:government employes at China Lake
provide,
training to
:
international
to
organi.
terrorist
zatigns
.at a specia
l.
h I operated near Trr 1i Lib
?Pa
Sheraton Dotal; Philadelphia.,-
Police- in -raiding'-the suite,' be-
lieved they were: thwarting a drug
trafficking operation but, instead. of
drugs;; police discovered inside the
suite a cache: of -silencer-equipped
handguns,:, thousands.. of . dollars in
new $104 bills; pamphlets on the-art'
of escape, evasion and disguise, bro-
ch~res. listing poisons used; by the
CIA, and a book; entitled:_ "The Top
Secret. Radio Frequencies of the U.S.
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riSince the fall of 1979,-a ,complex-
news story has beenunraveling like a,
.bizarre tale of espionage?t -
learned that persor-s with links to.the
P.4 intelligenceco munitx.may have;;,
seesetly engaged in (Megan drug, dea
ing, gun-running.: theft. of high-level
military hardware and.' ding terror
This' Is another, in a=confnumg se--
ries? of reports on.this $ lt: unfolding
Bradley Fred Bryant was indicted,;
or. nine counts of fra'tidlyesterday by}
a federal grand jury in; Philadelphia.
. T'he indictment,.ilstingssix_counts
of:.;2ail fraud and three' counts of-
wire fraud, chargesr B yant, 30, with
v ester Corp. of $547,000-by financing:
t4,sale of nonexlstent'and-price-in
Hated industrial equipment. through
a _Bryant-owned: ,~H subsidiary .
The profits=from the financing of
the'~quipmentwet ftmneled to vari
ous corporations --,,controlled by
-The alleged. fraud was dbcoverenl =
the indictment said, wheu'Bryson Inn'
ternatlonal filed last year for bank
ruptcy.`;
Assistant U.S:'. Attnrriey:' Stephen
V. Wehner, who has, been. assigned.
as . prosecutor of the ?cas ,. declined.
case is to be prosecuted in Philadel-
phi*: rather - than, . Savannah; ' Ga: .
where the alleged fraud o~d:' -
-~'Willlam McAvee,::chief of the::
criminal prosecutions division of the:;
J. . attorney's office in Savannah,A
would. say only that "an- agreement;,
to transfer the case to Philadelphia.
came during a meeting between our
phia, and the FBI. Beyond that I *can
-rHowever, The Bulletin `has Db?'.
By`FRANCIS X. GEARY,
PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN
2 December 1981
Department investigative - report
written March 21, 1980;.by Williamit
W:+ Hamilton. then special agent in
to William T. Moore Jr' ,' a formerar
U.S. attorneyin Savannah..