U.S. INDICTS BRADLEY BRYANT ON GEORGIA FRAUD CHARGES

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December 2, 1981
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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. ' Government"~~" L? STAT n~ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/23: CIA-RDP90-00552R000100810001-2 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..