When Luciano’s luck ran out
He told one of his cohorts, Florence “Cokey Flo” Brown, that he wanted to run his string of New York…
Author: Jackie Apoyan
Reader’s guide to Mob rub-outs
In New York’s long, rich history of organized crime, the death of Antonio Flaccomio is considered the city’s first Mafia…
Blinded by acid
On April 2, 1956, Charles Tuso, former armed robber and associate of New York labor racketeer Johnny Dio, entered a…
Losing billions to save millions
This year’s deadline to file federal tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service is today, April 18. That’s because the…
From Capone to FIFA and the Silk Road
The Internal Revenue Service this year is expected to review more than 190 million returns expected for tax year 2015….
Elizebeth Friedman: The rumrunner’s worst nightmare
In the waning weeks of Prohibition in 1933, Elizebeth Friedman, chief cryptologist for the U.S. Treasury Department, was called as…
Virginia Hill: ‘Queen of the Mob’ was no one’s pushover
Third in a series of profiles for Women’s History Month. On March 24, 1966, passersby walking on a footpath beside…
Mabel Willebrandt: Prolific prosecutor of Prohibition laws
Second in a series of profiles for Women’s History Month. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, one-time public defender and tax lawyer to…
Eunice Carter: Key player in Luciano conviction
First in a series of profiles for Women’s History Month. Eunice Carter made history throughout her life. But the crucial…
Anatomy of an escape
Adam Throgmorton has spent the past two decades crafting three-dimensional scale models of Las Vegas resorts, from the hotel towers…