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Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky; [1] July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States. [2] [3]
Apr 2, 2014 · Meyer Lansky, an organized-crime figure known for his sharp financial acumen, was instrumental in the development of a national crime syndicate in the United States.
Meyer Lansky. Polish-born Meyer Lansky emigrated to New York with his family and grew up in the Lower East Side. It was there that he ran into Bugsy Siegel, at the time a teenaged neighborhood gangster, and the two would remain lifelong friends.
- July 4, 1902
- January 16, 1983
Apr 26, 2022 · A 1991 biography portrayed him as a failed businessman who bungled the mob's casino operations in Cuba. In 1970, Lansky was indicted for tax evasion. He fled to Israel but was refused the right to settle there.
Nov 21, 2018 · Russian-born American businessman, accountant, and gangster Meyer Lansky (1902 – 1983) and an unidentified woman leave the cashier’s office of the Riviera Hotel and Casino with $200,000, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1958.
Jun 30, 2021 · From his early days in New York during the Prohibition years to his role as the Mob’s gambling guru and financial wizard, Lansky emerged as one of the most prominent organized crime figures in the country. He is reputed to have once proclaimed to an associate that the Mob was “bigger than U.S. Steel.”.
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Lansky, Meyer. one of the most notorious gangsters in the history of American organized crime notable for being the only famous mobster rising to notoriety in the 1920s who managed to die an old man and never serve a day in jail.
