Don't some of his younger relatives have decent jobs with unions and what not? I'm sure they appreciate it. Although I'm reluctant to give him the benefit of the doubt that he had them in mind and wasn't just saving his own skin, nonetheless it's something long term he got out of it.

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea