#264 | Meyer Lansky: The Mafia's Accountant
English Learning for Curious Minds
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Did Lansky Really Lose Everything in Cuba?
Lansky spent less than a month in prison, lived to the age of 80 and died a free man. He was cleared of the tax evasion charges, and given his poor health and old age, the judge suspended or stopped the other charges from being brought to court. His family reportedly, i should say, were surprised, to say that his estate amounted to little more than 35 thousand dollars,. around a hundred thousand uros in today's money. But there does seem to be a large difference between his estimated 300 million dollar fortune and the seven million dollars he lost in cuba.
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