Casino Skimming
Figure Dies
As reported by the Kansas
City Star: "Reputed mafia figure Charles D.
Moretina, convicted in 1983 in a casino skimming
investigation that effectively marked the decline
of organized crime's influence in Kansas City, died
Sunday. He was 77.
"…Moretina and two other local crime
figures, Carl 'Cork' Civella and Carl 'Tuffy' DeLuna,
were among 11 men indicted in the scheme, which
saw unreported casino cash shuttled into Kansas
City in a courier's luggage. The scheme was the
basis for the plot of the 1995 Martin Scorsese film
'Casino.'
"Moretina was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
"…The government argued in court that
the skimmed money was the key sustenance for Kansas
City organized crime. Federal investigators found
that participants had skimmed more than $280,000
from the Tropicana and about $2 million from casinos
run by Argent Corp…"
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