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Albert Anastasia was a New York-area organized crime figure associated in the records with Murder, Inc., waterfront racketeering, gambling, and the garment business. The FBI file is a general investigative intelligence and "Top Hoodlum" coverage file, with New York Office summary memoranda, Bureau routing memoranda, correspondence, identification material, and FOIA deleted-page sheets. The visible records span 1952 to 1954 and show the Bureau compiling biographical details, addresses, aliases, citizenship and military service information, press accounts, and references to Anastasia's alleged criminal associations. The file also includes contact with the Department of Justice Tax Division about a possible income tax case and later tax evasion charges reported in the press.

FBI file number: 62-98011 | Documents span: 1952-1954 | Released in 4 parts
Names in this file: Albert Anastasia, J. Edgar Hoover, A. H. Belmont, A. B. Nichols, L. V. Boardman, James P. McGranery, Louis Buchalter
Subjects: organized crime, Murder Inc., waterfront racketeering, tax evasion, Top Hoodlum Program