Mafia Casino Skim
The Courier for the Kansas City Mob was bringing $40,000 a month back from the Tropicana. The Stardust skim was much larger and that is calculated in the millions every year. Despite the fact that Lefty Rosenthal was an informant, the Stardust courier was never intercepted. They did set the FBI up one time to intercept a courier. The problem was the sack contained cookies. The guys from the Bureau laugh about that now. I bet it was not funny that day.
Mafia Casino Skim Milk
He worked his way up the food chain until replacing Marshall Caifano as Las Vegas enforcer of casino skim 1970. Spilotro worked directly with “Lefty” Rosenthal, and their characters were immortalized in the Hollywood film Casino. Restless and greedy, Spilotro formed a burglary squad in Las Vegas that was dubbed “The Hole in the Wall Gang.”.
Mafia Casino Skimmers
- The money was then sent back to the Chicago Outfit (also known as the Chicago Syndicate, or simply as the 'Outfit') and several other mafia families. To protect the skim assets, Spilotro was hired.
- Got his 'Doves' nickname after being arrested for unlawfully transporting mourning doves across state lines. He was notorious for being one of the ringleaders of the Mafia's Las Vegas casino skimming operation. He was portrayed in the 1995 film 'Casino' by actor Pasquale Cajano as 'Remo Gaggi'.
Mafia Casino Skimpy
Here is a clip of Carl Thomas (he worked at both the Stardust and the Tropicana during the times skimming was happening) telling Mob boss, Nick Civella about skimming.