They sent Special Agent Joseph Pistone, working undercover in New York City as "Donnie Brasco", to Milwaukee to help set up a vending machine company.

[8] In 1978 August Palmisano; a convicted gambler, reputed Milwaukee mobster and suspected informant was killed in a car bombing.

[9] Soon Balistrieri and Civella entered a feud over each other's share from the casino skimming operations, and the two requested arbitration from The Outfit.

In 1982, Rosenthal narrowly averted death in a Las Vegas car bombing that was attributed to Balistrieri.

[11] On October 9, 1983, Balistrieri was convicted of five gambling and tax charges related to a sports betting ring that grossed at least $2,000 a day from 1977 to 1980.

[15] In September 1985, Balistrieri was tried in Kansas City with eight other people for skimming an estimated $2 million of the gross income of the Argent Corporation casino operations.