Meyer Lansky was born somewhere around 1902 in Hronda Belarus. His real birth name was Meyer Suchowljansky. His name was later Americanized to Meyer Lansky after immigrating to America. His parents could not recall his birth date so his parents set July 4th, 1902 as his birthday for his immigration records. He arrived in America in 1911. He grew up with his mom and dad. His father earned a job as a garment presser. Lansky grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. He did not have a typical childhood. He faced horrible violence as a child. After graduating from 8th grade, he quit school. He then went on to get a job and earned a position as a mechanic. He formed a gang with Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and Charles “Lucky” Luciano. His first crime was an auto theft.
Meyer Lansky was involved in several businesses, especially the gambling business. He set up gambling places in South Florida, Vegas and Havana, Cuba. Between 1932 and 1934 Lansky joined Luciano and Johnny Torrio in
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The FBI was perfectly attentive of who Lansky’s gang members were. In fact the FBI tracked down every move that Lansky had made by installing bugging devices under surveillance in his house. During Lansky’s operations in the gambling business, the FBI kept an eye on where his operations were located. He then was arrested in 1953 for illegal gambling. For the majority of the time he got away with his crimes because the Jewish Mafia had a immense significance over the FBI’s leadership. Consequently of convicting many crimes, he had numerous of infractions on his criminal record. Lansky wanted a fresh beginning, so he tried to move to Israel. In order for him to migrate, he had to obtain a citizenship. Lansky tried for two years to obtain a citizenship because it was consistently repudiated due to his criminal record. In the end, he never got his citizenship. Meyer Lansky passed away in Miami Beach, Florida at the age of 80 on January 15,