This link has some information on Lansky:
http://bitterqueen.typepad.com/friends_of_ours/2012/05/meyer-lansky-in-his-own-words.htmlGoes into some detail on his "legend" and his wealth:
"During his life Lansky was perceived by the press and the public as a wealthy man -- some estimates put his net worth at $300 million -- who was among the most powerful gangsters in the country. However, the reality is that Lansky was just a work horse harnessed by the Genovese family in its various incarnations as reflected by his own unguarded admissions and corroborated by other evidence. After Prohibition the Italians began consolidating their control over the underworld, and by the end of World War II the Jewish gangsters were either working for the Mafia or resting in peace. The bosses assigned capo Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo to keep a close eye on Lansky in Hallandale, FL, and everywhere that Lansky went Alo was sure to follow."
"The FBI recently released nearly 3,000 additional pages from its file on mob boss Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno, and included is a report dated July 11, 1983 – several months after Lansky’s death -- which confirms that Meyer Lansky was little more than a working stiff for the Genovese crime family with no independent power.
According to the report the FBI interviewed a confidential informant on July 6, 1983 in Dallas, TX, and “[t]he source stated that Lansky had to do business through Vincent Alo, aka Jimmy Blue Eyes, in order to get anything done though the LCN, Alo being a capo in the LCN,” and “Alo, in turn, cleared what Lansky wanted to do, whatever that was at the time, though his boss at one time (first name unknown (FNU) [redacted] and currently [redacted] both of [redacted].”
