To SAC Seattle re PINAP, two unknown subjects exchanging 95 twenty-dollar bills at Seattle-First National Bank

SAC, SEATTLE (7-568) 12/29/72

SA [REDACTED] [REDACTED] b6 b7C PINAP

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The following investigation was conducted on 12/26/72 at the Seattle-First National Bank, 2010 N.W. Market Street, Seattle, following receipt of information from Seattle PD that two unknown suspects, a male and female, had just exchanged a total of 95 twenty dollar bills, some of which were identical to the serial numbers listed in the PINAP ransom list:

On 12/26/72, [REDACTED] Seattle b6 Police Dept., home address [REDACTED] Seattle. home phone b7C [REDACTED] P.D. phone [REDACTED] advised b7D he is employed by the S.P.D. and works from 7:00 PM until 3:00 AM. He was off-duty, awaiting his shift, and was located in the parking lot of the above-named bank shortly after 3:00 PM when one of the bank's [REDACTED] came out of the bank and advised him that a suspicious man was in the bank exchanging a large number of twenty-dollar bills for 100-dollar bills. [REDACTED] went into the bank and talked shortly with bank [REDACTED] who advised him that the suspects, a male and female, had come into the bank and acted suspicious so the bank camera was activated. She stated that the male had a very large roll of twenty dollar bills which he was exchanging for one hundred dollar bills. [REDACTED] observed the two suspects exchanging the bills and then followed them out of the bank and observed them enter a nearby Washington Federal Savings and Loan bank. [REDACTED] followed them in and talked with [REDACTED] who told him that the suspects came into the bank asking to exchange $20's for $100's. [REDACTED] told them that the bank would not be able to help them and referred them back to the Seattle-First bank.

[REDACTED] then followed them back to the Seattle - First b6 bank where the suspects again engaged the tellers to exchange b7C more $20's. The suspects then departed the bank, with [REDACTED] b7D following, and the male got into [REDACTED] license [REDACTED] The female left, on foot, and the male drove off. [REDACTED] went back into the bank and again talked with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She stated at that time that some of the bills exchanged

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/64-8/- 4048 [guess: partial file number] 2-7-568 JMM:jm [illegible handwritten text] (2) DEC 3 01972 FBI-SEATTLE DB COOPER-52485

SE 7-568

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by the two suspects were checked against the list of ransom bills used in the PINAP case. She also showed him a bulletin put out by Seattle-First National Bank regarding the PINAP case and listed the ransom bills paid in that case.

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Shortly thereafter, [REDACTED] came to the front entrance to the bank and told [REDACTED] that the two suspects were seen heading toward what he believed to be the [REDACTED] located nearby. [REDACTED] stated he would check [REDACTED] He did and found that the suspects were not there. Walking further down the block [REDACTED] spotted the suspects in a grocery store and returned to [REDACTED] to advise him of this fact.

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[REDACTED] went to the grocery store and talked to [REDACTED] (LNU) who told him that the suspects had already made one purchase and used a $20 bill to make the purchase. [REDACTED] took the bill and, when the two suspects exited the store, he drew his gun and told them to put their hands up on the wall, that they were under arrest for [REDACTED] At that point the male suspect turned toward the female suspect and stated, "Gee, I'm sorry about this, honey." [REDACTED] then patted them down and escorted them to the police car.

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A subsequent check of the bills passed by the two suspects at the bank and comparison with the FBI ransom list used in PINAP revealed that none of the bills passed were listed in the list of ransom bills. The comparison was made by SA CHARLES R. ST. JOHN, SA [REDACTED] and SA [REDACTED]

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DB COOPER-52486