- Peter Simone
Peter Joseph Simone, "Las Vegas Pete" (born
1945 ) is aKansas City, Missouri organized crime figure who is thought to be involved in running illegal gaming activities.In April 1992, Simone was convicted of
money laundering in avideo poker scam and sentenced to four years imprisonment. Simone was released on probation in 1996 and placed on three years probation. In May 1997, Simone was listed in theMissouri Gaming Commission "Black Book", which bars undesirables from entering Missouri casinos.On January 2, 1999, only two months before the end of his probation period, Simone was caught playing
craps at Harrah's North Kansas City Hotel & Casino. Although sentenced to spend one day in jail, Simone'sprobation period was extended 12 months with four months of electronically-monitoredhouse arrest . [http://www.kcpolicememorial.com/history/crimefamilyinkc.html] . Later in 1999, Simone violated probation again as FBI agents observed him at astrip club for over three hours [http://www.salon.com/people/rogue/1999/07/29/terkel/index.html] . This time, Simone went back to prison.On February 29, 2000, Simone was released from federal custody. He is thought by the FBI to the the Underboss of the
Kansas City crime family .Further reading
*United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. "Organized Crime and Use of Violence: hearings before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations". 1980. * [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC06679032&id=bRZ0MVEIHTwC&q=%22Pete+Simone%22&dq=%22Pete+Simone%22&pgis=1]
* [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp Federal Bureau of Prisons Locator Website]See Pat McGuire and Larry Strada-1990.
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