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Las Vegas gambler and lieutenant of Meyer Lansky whose Fremont Hotel was financed through a Jimmy Hoffa loan, connecting Bobby Baker networks to organized crime.

Edward Levinson was a Las Vegas gambler and a lieutenant of Florida mobster Meyer Lansky. His Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas was financed through a Jimmy Hoffa loan. Levinson was one of the associates who brought a lawsuit against Bobby Baker in 1963, alleging that Baker failed to live up to certain bargains. Through Baker, Levinson also became acquainted with Clint Murchison, Sr..1

Footnotes

  1. Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎