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which controlled four casinos on the Las Vegas Strip: the Stardust, the Fremont, the Hacienda and the Marina.
This overstates the Fremont's location. The Fremont Hotel & Casino is in downtown Las Vegas on Fremont Street, not on the Las Vegas Strip.
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The claim says all four listed casinos were "on the Las Vegas Strip." That is incorrect because the Fremont Hotel & Casino is not on the Strip.
An official Fremont Street Experience page identifies the property as "The Fremont Hotel & Casino | Located in downtown Las Vegas" and says it is "in the heart of downtown Las Vegas" at 200 Fremont Street. Separately, the official Las Vegas tourism site's maps page distinguishes "The Strip" from "Downtown" and even describes the Deuce bus route as running from the Las Vegas Strip to Fremont Street Experience, treating them as different areas.
So the sentence is inaccurate as written: at least one of the casinos it lists—the Fremont—was not on the Las Vegas Strip.
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- The Fremont Hotel & Casino | Located in downtown Las Vegas
Fremont Hotel & Casino is in the heart of downtown Las Vegas... located at 200 Fremont Street... Our convenient downtown location is close to city bus routes.
- Las Vegas Map | Transport Guide and FAQs
Las Vegas Maps & Getting Around — How to navigate the Strip, Downtown, and surrounding areas... The Deuce offers visitors transportation from the South Strip Transit Terminal down the Las Vegas Strip to Fremont Street Experience.
when 14 members of the Chicago Outfit (including reputed boss James Marcello) were indicted for 18 murders, including the Spilotros'.
The 2005 indictment was not limited to 14 Outfit members. DOJ said the defendants included people who were merely associated with the Outfit, including two retired law-enforcement officers.
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This sentence overstates who was charged in the 2005 Operation Family Secrets indictment.
The U.S. Attorney's Office announcement says the indictment was unsealed against 14 defendants, but it does not describe all 14 as Chicago Outfit members. Instead, DOJ states that the defendants, "including two retired local law enforcement officers, are members of, or are in some manner associated with, 'The Chicago Outfit.'" The same release also notes that three defendants were not charged in the racketeering conspiracy count at all, and identifies defendants such as Anthony Doyle and Michael Ricci as retired Chicago police officers.
So the article's wording is too categorical: the indictment covered 14 defendants, not 14 members of the Chicago Outfit.
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- 14 DEFENDANTS INDICTED FOR ALLEGED ORGANIZED CRIME ACTIVITIES; “CHICAGO OUTFIT” NAMED AS RICO ENTERPRISE IN FOUR-DECADE CONSPIRACY ALLEGING 18 MOB MURDERS AND 1 ATTEMPTED MURDER
The charges allege that the defendants, including two retired local law enforcement officers, are members of, or are in some manner associated with, “The Chicago Outfit”... The three defendants not charged in the racketeering conspiracy are charged in other counts of the indictment... Anthony Doyle... a retired Chicago Police Department officer... Michael Ricci, also a retired CPD officer.