Pileggi said few walk away from a chance to create a major industry — but it was a tightrope Glick had to walk. He just had it.
It was a revelation to a lot of people just how much power the mob had. Because the mob was not advertising that.
But federal agents finally came up with something to recruit him as a witness in skimming cases against top Mafia bosses. Granted immunity, Glick helped put mob leaders in prison. He was a little nerdish. He had these eyeglasses. But after the convictions — and gangland murders that took out other mob chiefs — the heat lessened for Glick, who had returned to San Diego amid tight security.
I think the reason that she got killed is they were afraid she was going to tell him what was going on. Entering the military in as a first lieutenant in the military police, he was transferred to Special Operations where he served as a captain in Vietnam. As president of Argent Corp. He was second only to Howard Hughes in the ownership of hotels and casinos.
The only surprise in the obit is that it did mention his ownership of various casinos. I was not surprised that it did not mention his troubles with Nevada regulators, the murder [of Rand], etc. In the movie, Glick came across as a smarmy accountant and little more than a puppet with no personality. The truth was, Glick was a proud Vietnam veteran who was decorated in combat and later became largely a self-made man. Not mentioned in the word paid obituary: Glick being a formative figure in the Mafia takeover of Las Vegas.
He eventually learned of his entanglement in a profit-skimming operation — but had no way of leaving. Pileggi, 88, spoke from Long Island, New York, saying he got to know Glick after the book came out in and even before the movie. He read the book. Pileggi said few walk away from a chance to create a major industry — but it was a tightrope Glick had to walk.
He just had it. It was a revelation to a lot of people just how much power the mob had. Because the mob was not advertising that. But federal agents finally came up with something to recruit him as a witness in skimming cases against top Mafia bosses. Granted immunity, Glick helped put mob leaders in prison.
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