Stardust skimming linked to the Chicago Outfit

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s the Stardust Resort and Casino was the subject of FBI investigations into organized-crime skimming, in which cash was allegedly removed before being recorded and funneled to mob figures. Wiretaps, testimony, and subsequent prosecutions documented systematic skimming operations tied to the Chicago Outfit and led to federal indictments. The Stardust's skimming episodes are a widely cited example of mob influence on Las Vegas casinos during that era.