During prohibition, he was also running liquor supply lines, hijackings, extortion, silent partner in a few profitable speakeasies, counterfeiting, armed robberies at least one bank and a couple of armor cars which back then acted like a mobile ATM, also had a strong presence on the Manhattan docks before the 1930. He also silently owned some racing horses, a lot of mobsters especially the influential members hanged out or visited the tracks a couple times a week back then.