Gangsters

bullet-hole-in-circle.pngBen Siegal “Bugsy” - started the Las Vegas Hotel and casino “The Flamingo” named after his love Virginia Hill, or after the flamingos at the race track. Nobody is too sure.

 

bullet-hole-in-circle.pngThe Untouchables - Elliot Ness – a federal agent, had an assignment to clean up prohibition in Chicago – Al Capone and his Mobsters were named the Untouchables, because he was having a hard time catching them.

 

bullet-hole-in-circle.pngLucy Luciano - A leading member of the Five Points Gang, was a partner with Bugsy Siegal in bootlegging, started a prostitution business, and was later sentenced to 25-30 years for prostitution racketing.

 

bullet-hole-in-circle.pngFlamingo - Hotel in Vegas that Ben Siegal started.Al Capone "Scarface" - got the name after getting his face cut up for making a comment to a girl in a bar, gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, murder, was never caught on any of these. Was finally caught with Tax Evasion, spent 5 years there, and died 2 years later
            of cardiac arrest.

 

bullet-hole-in-circle.pngSam Giancana - "Momo" - means crazy – committed 42 murders before age 15, became a gambler, he worked with the CIA, shared his profits with the CIA, tried to destroy the Kennedy’s, Marylin Monroe was a fling, had her murdered to try and frame the Kennedy’s.

 

bullet-hole-in-circle.pngJoseph Valachi - belonged to a Mafia gang, was the mobster who revealed the mafias best kept secrets. Meyer Lansky - known as the mastermind of the mob – was partner to Ben Siegal in the Flamingo, when that failed he started the Riviera in Vegas. The Untouchables - The Mobster of the 80’s – tried extorting               
             money from Actor Steven Seagal for every film he played.