Part 104, page 309
DB Cooper-47274Serials 164-2111, DE 164-115
Document date 6 January 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 104 p. 309 (DB Cooper-47274), Teletype, dated 6 Jan 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-104/pages/309
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1/6/72 PLAINTEXT
TELETYPE IMMEDIATE
TO: DIRECTOR (164-2111) FROM: DETROIT (164-115)
NORJAK.
RE BUREAU TELCALLS TO DETROIT, JAN. FIVE AND SIX, LAST; AND DETROIT TELCALL TO BUREAU, JAN. SIX, INSTANT.
SUSPECT WAYNE B. KING, THREE SIX ZERO ZERO HENDEE ROAD, JACKSON, MICH., WAS BOOKKEEPER FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS FOR MICHNER PLATING COMPANY, JACKSON. ON THIS DATE, [REDACTED] ADVISED KING RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING BUSINESS AND THEY WOULD HANDLE THE SHOPS AND OUTSIDE WORK. KING WAS TRUSTED AND WAS VERY CLOSE TO [REDACTED] DURING LATTER PART OF SUMMER, SEVENTY-ONE, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) INITIATED AN AUDIT OF THE COMPANY AND SOME IRREGULARITIES WERE NOTED IN RECORDS. COMPANY HIRED THEIR OWN ACCOUNTANTS TO CONDUCT AUDIT WITH IRS, WHICH AUDIT IS STILL BEING CONDUCTED. IN OCT. SEVENTY-ONE, KING QUIT HIS EMPLOYMENT. FROM PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IT APPEARS THAT KING EMBEZZLED BETWEEN [REDACTED] THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG HE HAD BEEN STEALING THIS MONEY NOR DO THEY KNOW AT THIS TIME THE EXACT AMOUNT.
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(1) Seattle (AM) (Info.) MCN:DLL (2)
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SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ JAN 8 1972 FBI - SEATTLE SAC [illegible]
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DB COOPER-47274
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b6 b7C
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[guess: 1/4-8/1-1898]