Tamara Rand - A widowed investor, she loaned a casino operator (who was actually a front man for the Mafia in Las Vegas) named Allen Glick, $500k USD to set up an investment. Glick embezzled the money and Rand threatened to take him to court. She was shot on November 9, 1975 in her home in San Diego in what was an apparent attempt by the Mafia to silence her. This was recreated (although a lot less brutally as Rand was actually shot in the head FIVE TIMES, instead of the film’s single shot) in the 1995 film Casino.
Tamara Rand was a swindler who may have been killed by anyone. I don't think the movie is a reliable source.
According to Mafia informer Frank Bompensiero, Spilotro was allegedly behind the Rand hit or at least he was the one who orchestrated it. Heres one convo: "Jimmy, this broad was going to drag Glick through a lot of shit," Bompensiero said. They convo was recorded at the cocktail lounge at the San Francisco Hilton, and Jimmy was pumping Bompensiero on the Rand murder. "So you're still working, you cocksucker?" Jimmy said and later asked "Where'd you get the silencer?" Bompensiero told him "I just took Tony [Spilotro] and showed him her house." "Don't bullshit me," Jimmy said. "He didn't do it alone." Bomp barked a laugh. "I didn't say he did, did I? Don't forget, this Tony's got a crew."
