19910306a Fbi 302 Regarding Solodoff

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On the morning of February 13, 1991 :SD,i~ (H(),' :tTl.. was interviewed at the Federal Building concerning his knowledge of a company called Hamilton and Taft located at 1 Market Plaza, Spear street Tower an Francisco, 94015, telephone number (415) 597-6500. 5.r.lndi',i/'P was the former controller for this company which is a service company specializing in the preparation of tax payments for various Fortune 500 companles. J

According tol I the Chlef Executive Officer of Hamilton and Taft, CHIP ARMSTRONG, JR. does not need to report to any regulatory agencies. I 'advlsed that ARMSTRONG recently bought a publicly traded company.

I I stated that the accounting firm of PETE MARWICk is still the auditor for Hamilton and Taft. He further stated that in August or September of 1990, PETE MARWICkwas trylng to flnlsh the 1989 audit of Hamilton and Taft. Ham11ton and Taft ends its fiscal year on December 31st, therefore its fiscal year coincides with the calendar year. J"7C

The San Francisco office of PETE MARWICKallegedly questioned a list of voided checks that it came across during its last audit of Hamllton and Taft. ~

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that during thls last audit he was In pursuit of that assignment he went to both the accounting department and the disbursements unit to get cop1es of these he19 checks and discovered that they were miss~ng from the corporate files. I ladvised that PETE MARWIcKnever did finish the aforementioned audit. ' Apparently this auditing firm has done reviews for Hamilton and Taft Slnce 1ts last aud1t, but has not actually conducted an official audit. I Istated that in his opinion, PETE MARWICK would not provide an accounting opinion as to the financial status of Hamilton and Taft because certain documents were not provlded to them WhlCh prevented PETE MARWICKfrorn flnlshlng thlS audit. According tal (resigned from the firm toward the end of December, 1990. asslgned to

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On January 3, 1991, CHIP ARMSTRONG held a meeting of Hamilton ana Taft in the corporate staff's office in San Francisco and has held these meetings on a daily basis.

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