Peter Joseph Simone (born 1945) is an American organized crime figure from Kansas City, Missouri who is thought to be involved in running illegal gambling activities.
In April 1992, Simone was convicted of money laundering in a video poker scam and sentenced to four years' imprisonment.
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.
[1] Later in 1999, Simone violated probation again as Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents observed him at a strip club for over three hours.
He is thought by the FBI to be the underboss of the Kansas City crime family.