Originally Posted by Hollander
Many people around Meyer Lansky also fit the profile guys like Dino Cellini.
Cellini has record of only two convictions (1941 and 1945) on gambling charges.


Thats 100% correct, Hollander.

In fact, to be able to list them all would be a Herculean task, to put it mildly.

Meyer Lansky's crew "specialized" in such activities; corrupt politicians, political influence peddlers, labor-union officials, "beards" with no criminal record posing as "frontmen" for liquor and casino licensing, hotels and various other legit businesses, etc., etc.

Literally hundreds of his associates, from "direct" Lansky crew "members"to secondary associates and peripheral hangers-on served this purpose for him and the mob over the years. David Dubinsky of ILGWU, the Cellini brothers (Dino and Eddie,) etc., etc.

That was his specialty.

Last edited by NYMafia; 04/25/24 04:00 PM.