When the Stardust later fell into disarray under Glick and Rosenthal and their successors Al Sachs and Herb Tobman - they were ousted in 1984 amid allegations that they failed to stop a skim of. In 1977, the Stardust Casino in Las Vegas was caught skimming fifteen million dollars as a result of short counts. This gives you an idea of how lucrative casinos were for the mafia in those days. Those Skimming Days Are Over.

The Courier for the Kansas City Mob was bringing $40,000 a month back from the Tropicana. The Stardust skim was much larger and that is calculated in the millions every year. Despite the fact that Lefty Rosenthal was an informant, the Stardust courier was never intercepted. They did set the FBI up one time to intercept a courier. The problem was the sack contained cookies. The guys from the Bureau laugh about that now. I bet it was not funny that day.

Here is a clip of Carl Thomas (he worked at both the Stardust and the Tropicana during the times skimming was happening) telling Mob boss, Nick Civella about skimming.

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The Courier for the Kansas City Mob was bringing $40,000 a month back from the Tropicana. The Stardust skim was much larger and that is calculated in the millions every year. Despite the fact that Lefty Rosenthal was an informant, the Stardust courier was never intercepted. They did set the FBI up one time to intercept a courier. The problem was the sack contained cookies. The guys from the Bureau laugh about that now. I bet it was not funny that day.

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Here is a clip of Carl Thomas (he worked at both the Stardust and the Tropicana during the times skimming was happening) telling Mob boss, Nick Civella about skimming.