He hand his hands involved in murder down in Florida and Louisiana back in the 1940s early 1950s. One of his direct superiors was Joe Biando, who introduced him into the garment business after doing an important hit for the family. He is suspected to have had a hand in Phil Mangano murder. He was already getting a nice gambling and loansharking revenue going by that time and is thought to have been made in the early 1950s. It was Frank Costello brother that sold a few slot machines to Gallo with no interest allegedly to help him start up in the 1930s.