FD-36 (Rev ~-J9-8S)

FBI

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Date 4/14/92

FM FBI SAN FRANCISCO (196A-SF-93255) (P) (SQ 5)

TO FBI DALLAS/PRIORITY/

FBI SAN ANTONIO/PRIORITY/

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UNCLAS
CITE: //3790//
PASS: ssAl.... . .J1 AND SA l _ SQ 10 - DALLAS;

ss~ ~ SQ. 7 - SAN ANTONIO.

SUBJECT: CONNIE C. ARMSTRONG, JR., AKA CHIP ARMSTRONG, DBA

,Ie HAMILTON TAFT, 1 MARKET PLAZA, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA 94105, FRAUD BY WIRE (A) MAIL FRAUD, TAX F~UD;

BANKRUPTCY FRAUDi (A); 00: SAN FRANCISCO •

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RE: SAN FRANCISCO TELEPHONE CALLS TO SSA~~ ~I(DALLAS)
AND I I<SAN ANTONIO) ON 4/13/92.

CAPTIONED CASE INVOLVES A CONVERSION OF HAMILTON TAFT

FUNDS BY SUBJECT ARMSTRONG TO HIS PERSONAL USE IN AN AMOUNT

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APPROACHING, $55
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THE EFFORTS OF THE TRUSTEE

APPOINTED BY THE U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT IN SAN FRANCISCO,

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ASSETS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED.

ADDITIONALLY, THE ACCOUNTANT FOR THE TRUSTEE HAS TRACED OVER

$16 MILLION IN HAMILTON TAFT FUNDS GOING DIRECTLY TO CONNIE C.

ARMSTRONG, JR AND/OR TO ONE OF HIS NUMEROUS DALLAS BASED

CORPORATE ALTER EGOS. INVESTIGATION HAS ESTABLISHED THAT FROM

1/1/89 THROUGH 6/15/91, $4,787,950.84 HAS BEEN TRACED TO

ARMSTRONG'S PERSONAL ACCOUNTS.

IN MARCH OF 1992, JUDGE LLOYD KING, U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT

SAN FRANCISCO GRANTED A MOTION OF THE TRUSTEE FOR HAMILTON

TAFT FOR A FORMAL ORDER TO ASK THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S

OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO INITIATE THE CONTEMPT OF COURT

INVESTIGATION AGAINST SUBJECT ARMSTRONG GIVEN HIS SEVERAL

VIOLATIONS OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT'S ORDERS TO NOT DISSIPATE

THE ASSETS OF THE HAMILTON TAFT ESTATE.
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SAN FRANCISCO CASE AGENTS , - - - - -_ _ ---JI AND WILLARD
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L. HATCHER, WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF DALLAS AND SAN ANTONIO

/~~Yl13}:QI~S-,_~~~L CONDUCT INTERVIEWS OF SEVERAL FORMER EMPLOYEES i)

{OR ASSOCIATES)OF ARMSTRONG. SAN FRANCISCO CONTEMPLATES THE J
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