FM LOS ANGELES (58A-1588) (RIVRA/WCC-2) (P)
TO DIRECTOR, FBI IMMEDIATE
ATTN: SSA [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT], WHITE COLLAR CRIME SECTION;
S/C [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] ORGANIZED CRIME SECTION;
TERRORISM SECTION
BT
UNCLAS
FRONT DOOR; MAJOR CASE 90; 00: FBIHQ
RE TELCALL OF SSRA [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] RIVERSIDE
RA, LOS ANGELES DIVISION, TO SSA[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] FBIHQ,
12/11/86, AND LOS ANGELES
TELETYPE 12/9/86 .
ON 12/11/86, [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT](PROTECT IDENTITY)
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT]
CALIFORNIA, INTERVIEWED REGARDING HIS ASSOCIATION
WITH ROLAND LISTER, JAY LISTERX. [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT]
MET LISTER AND LISTER'S WIFE, STEPHANIE A. LISTER IN APRIL, 1986,
WHEN LISTERS CONTACTED [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] TO PURCHASE RESIDENCE
AT 22632 BARLOVENTO MISSION VIEJO. [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] KNEW THAT
LISTERS WERE KNOWN IN MISSION VIEJO SOCIAL CIRCLES AS FUND RAISER
ORGANIZERS.
LISTER TOLD [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] THAT PURCHASE
OF RESIDENCE WOULD BE ALL CASH. ESCROW OPENED ABOUT APRIL 21,
1986, PURCHASE PRICE $374,000, SELLERS STEVE AND TRISH SCARBOROUGH. ESCROW
TO CLOSE 6/20/86, BUT LISTER FAILED TO PROVIDE NECESSARY CASH.
HOWEVER, LISTER PROVIDED SELLERS WITH $8,000 FROM ESCROW ACCOUNT
AND $10,000 CASH TO EXTEND ESCROW 15 DAYS. LISTER CLAIMED
WAS USING CASH TO PURCHASE JET TYPE AIRCRAFT IN FLORIDA WITH
HIS PARTNER, NOT FURTHER DESCRIBED, BUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS WOULD
BE COMING FROM UNDESCRIBED EUROPEAN ACCOUNTS AT A LATER TIME. SELLER
WANTED DETAILS PERTAINING TO LISTER'S EMPLOYMENTAND SOURCE
OF FUNDS.
LISTER-ONLY MENTIONED THE EUROPEAN ACCOUNTS AND SAID
HE WAS SELF-EMPLOYED IN SELLING SECURITY SYSTEMS TO THIRD
WORLD COUNTRIES.
ALSO MENTIONED HIS BUSINESS WAS "CIA APPROVED."
ALSO SAID HE WAS RETIRED FROM LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT
AFTER SERVING 12 YEARS THERE.
LISTER AGAIN UNABLE TO PROVIDE CASH AND SECOND EXTENSION
ON ESCROW GRANTED ABOUT 7/9/86. AGAIN LISTER PROVIDED
FUNDS TO SELLER TOTALLING $20,000, INCLUDING $10,000 CASH AND $10,000
FROM ESCROW ACCOUNT. LISTERS ALSO WERE ALLOWED TO MOVE INTO BARLOVENTO
RESIDENCE AND PAY BOTH MORTGAGE PAYMENTS AND $2,200 A MONTH
RENT TO SELLERS.
ON 8/1/86, LISTER TELEPHONICALLY CALLED [INFORMATION
BLACKED OUT] ASSOCIATE, [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] AND SAID ABOUT $200,000
IN CASH EAS IN LISTER'S GARAGE IN ATHLETIC BAG. LISTER SAID HIS WIFE WAS
NOT AWARE OF THOSE FUNDS, LISTER REQUESTED THAT [INFORMATION BLACKED
OUT] AND/OR [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] GO TO THE HOUSE AND OBTAIN
THAT BAG OF MONEY TO PLACE INTO ESCROW, DUE TO CLOSE THAT SATE.
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT]AND [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] DID GO
TO THE RESIDENCE AND OBTAINED THAT BAG IN PRESENCE OF STEPHANIE
LISTER. TOTAL OF $224,000 IN CASH WAS FOUND AND WAS DEPOSITED
INTO ESCROW ACCOUNT. LISTER WAS THEN TO WIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
TO MEET BALANCE OF ESCROW. HOWEVER, LISTER CALLED [INFORMATION BLACKED
OUT] THAT DATE AND REQUESTED [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] TO FLY
FROM ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA TO SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, TO OBTAIN
BALANCE OF FUNDS. [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] DID FLY TO SAN JOSE
8/1/86, AND WAS GIVEN PAPERBAG CONTAINING MONEY.
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] ASKED LISTER WHERE FUNDS
HAD COME FROM. DS ~ CO~ LISTER REPLIED HE WAS INVOLVED IN FUND
RAISING FOR CONTRAS OR SANDINISTAS, SPECIFIC ONE UNRECALLED BY
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] BUT BELIEVED TO BE CONTRAS. LISTER SAID
THAT SPECIFIC ACTIVITY WAS "CIA APPROVED. "
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] RETURNED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
8/2/86, AND COUNTED CASH FROM BAG, TOTALING $ 71,000. HE TELEPHONICALLY
CONTACTED STEPHANIE LISTER AND TOLD HER THAT $51,000 OR $52,000
WAS STILL NEEDED TO MEET BALANCE OF ESCROW.
LATER THAT SAME DAY, LISTER TELEPHONICALLY CALLED
HIM AND SAID THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE WRONG BAG. LISTER SAID
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] MUST HAVE RECEIVED THE BAG CONTAINING
ABOUT $71,000 INSTEAD OF THE BAG CONTAINING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF MONEY. HE SAID HE
WOULD RETURN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON OR ABOUT 8/4/86, WITH THE
REMAINING CASH. [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] IS AWARE THAT LISTER
MET WITH [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] AT THE BANK HOLDING ESCROW
ACCOUNT AND FURNISHED REMAINING FUNDS TO MEET BALANCE, BELIEVED
TO BE IN CASH. ESCROW CLOSED THAT DATE.
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] SAID LISTER NEVER MENTIONED
THAT HE WAS SELLER OF ARMS, NOR DID HE MENTION HE WORKED FOR AN
IRANIAN OR ANY PARTICULAR PERSON. [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] STATED HIS FRIEND,
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT], MISUNDERSTOOD HIM, ALTHOUGH HE MAY
HAVE MENTIONED THAT POSSIBLE CONNECTION DUE TO RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE OF CAPTIONED
MATTER.
BUREAU NOTE LOS ANGELES IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING
MATTER
ENTITLED, "DANILO BLANDON, AKA; ET AL; NARCOTICS
MATTER; 00:
LOS ANGELES ,"LOS ANGELES FILE 12B-1254, [INFORMATION
BLACKED OUT]
IN AIRTEL TO BUREAU 11/17/86, WITH DANILO BLANDON
CAPTION, LOS ANGELES ADVISED BUREAU [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT]
LITTLE OF VALUE WAS FOUND.
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] LISTER WAS THEN CONTACTED
AT HIS NEW BARLOVENTO ADDRESS. LISTER TOLD LACSO
OFFICERS THAT HIS "CIA CONTACT ," [INFORMATION BLACKED
OUT] WOULD NOT APPRECIATE THIS INTRUSION. [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] LACSO ALSO
RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM ATTORNEY BRUNON BRADLEY,
REPRESENTING BLANDON, WHO SAID "CIA WINKED AT THIS SORT OF
THING." BRADLEY INDICATED THAT NOW THAT U.S. CONGRESS HAD VOTED FUNDS
FOR NICARAGUAN CONTRA MOVEMENT, U..S. GOVERNMENT NOW
APPEARS TO BE TURNING AGAINST ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS. BRADLEY
DID NOT SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS DRUG TRAFFICKING OR ARMS SALES BUT ONLY
REFERRED GENERALLY TO ACTIVITIES OF BLANDON AND LISTER.
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT] HIS COMPANY NAMES OF MUNDY SECURITY GROUP OR PYRAMID
SECURITY GROUP.
[INFORMATION BLACKED OUT]
LAHQ AT THIS TIME SEES NO CONNECTION BETWEEN RONALD
JAY LISTER AND CAPTIONED MATTER. [INFORMATION BLACKED OUT]
UACB, LOS ANGELES. WILL NOT INTERVIEW RONALD JAY
LISTER.
FD- 302 FOLLOWS.
RESTRICTED INFORMATION DELETED
PER FOIA EXEMPTION