Milton Rockman
Convicted in the Kansas City trial of the Las Vegas casino skim; the Eighth Circuit recited the government's charge that he 'was an associate of the Cleveland group' and received the Cleveland group's share. A New York jury acquitted him in 1987-88 on the Teamsters election charges.
- Aliases
- Maishe, Maishe Rockman
- Role
- "an associate of the Cleveland group" (the government's charge, as the Eighth Circuit summarizes it, 1987)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records and the filed newspaper pages state.
On the record
- 1938/1942 — Kefauver Committee (1951): Safety Director Sutton listed "Milton Rockman" among those convicted in the extortion cases of Eliot Ness's 1938-1942 investigation.
- 1952-08 — FBI Cleveland file on John Scalish: a former agent reported Milton Rockman as a co-owner of the Buckeye Cigarette Service Company and said "ROCKMAN is the brother-in-law of JOHN and SAM SCALISH."
- 1987-10-08 — United States v. Cerone (8th Cir.): "Rockman was an associate of the Cleveland group" (the government's charge, as the court summarizes it); Anthony Chiavola "gave the Cleveland group's share to appellant Rockman"; Rockman "also acted as a contact with DeLuna for the Cleveland group." His convictions were affirmed; his consecutive sentences totalled twenty-four years.
- 1988 — United States v. Salerno, 937 F.2d 797 (2d Cir. 1991): the "Teamster Case" against Salerno, Tronolone and Rockman "resulted in verdicts of not guilty for all three charged defendants."
- 1988-04-15 — Angelo Lonardo, Senate testimony: "Rockman was the Cleveland family's contact with the Teamsters Union," and he handled Cleveland's share of the Las Vegas skim. Testimony.
The role line quotes the government’s charge as the Eighth Circuit summarizes it. The jury convicted him on the Travel Act counts in that case; the opinion makes no separate finding of his place in any group. Lonardo testified that Rockman, not being Italian, could not be “sworn in”; that is testimony. No filed record gives his birth date or death.
Records
itemUnited States v. Cerone, 830 F.2d 938 (8th Cir. 1987)Eighth Circuit opinion of October 8, 1987 affirming the Kansas City convictions of Aiuppa, Cerone, Lombardo, LaPietra, and Rockman for skimming the Stardust and Fremont casinos in Las Vegas.itemUnited States v. Salerno, 937 F.2d 797 (2d Cir. 1991)Second Circuit opinion of June 28, 1991 on the 1987-88 Genovese family RICO trial, in which John Tronolone and Milton Rockman of Cleveland were co-defendants; the 'Teamster Case' ended in verdicts of not guilty for Salerno, Tronolone and Rockman.itemUnited States v. Salerno, 631 F. Supp. 1364 (S.D.N.Y. 1986)District Judge Walker's April 2, 1986 order detaining Anthony Salerno and Vincent Cafaro before trial on a Genovese Family racketeering indictment. It names the two Manhattan social clubs where the government's recordings were made, the Palma Boys Social Club and the club at 2244 First Avenue.itemSenate subcommittee hearing, 1988: testimony of Angelo LonardoOn 15 April 1988 Angelo Lonardo, testifying behind a screen under a court immunity order, told the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that he was 'the former underboss of the Cleveland organized crime family' and described its leaders, its Las Vegas casino income and its dealings with New York and Chicago.
itemFBI Vault file on John ScalishThe FBI Vault's release of the Cleveland office file 92-167 on John T. Scalish, opened after the Bureau was told he had been at the November 1957 Apalachin meeting. Its background section collects informant reports from 1944 to 1957 about Scalish, the Desert Inn and the Cleveland 'syndicate'.itemKefauver Committee, Cleveland: testimony of Public Safety Director Alvin G. Sutton (January 1951)Cleveland's Director of Public Safety, Alvin G. Sutton, gave the committee his account of the city's Prohibition bootleggers, naming Morris Kleinman, Lou Rothkopf, Moe Dalitz, Sam Tucker and Maxie Diamond, their move into gambling in Kentucky and Las Vegas, and the later numbers rackets.
itemFBI Vault file on John ScalishThe FBI Vault's release of the Cleveland office file 92-167 on John T. Scalish, opened after the Bureau was told he had been at the November 1957 Apalachin meeting. Its background section collects informant reports from 1944 to 1957 about Scalish, the Desert Inn and the Cleveland 'syndicate'.itemKefauver Committee, Cleveland: testimony of Public Safety Director Alvin G. Sutton (January 1951)Cleveland's Director of Public Safety, Alvin G. Sutton, gave the committee his account of the city's Prohibition bootleggers, naming Morris Kleinman, Lou Rothkopf, Moe Dalitz, Sam Tucker and Maxie Diamond, their move into gambling in Kentucky and Las Vegas, and the later numbers rackets.