Through the defendants’ influence, Glick testified, he obtained an initial $62,750,000 from the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund to buy out Coleman and the smaller stockholders of Recrion, formerly Parvin-Dohrmann Co. Tobman, were forced to sell out two years ago after Nevada authorities accused them of failing to prevent further skimming. Glick’s successors at the Stardust and Fremont, Allen D.
Coleman was the controlling stockholder of Recrion Inc., owner of the Stardust and Fremont. The prosecutors subscribed to Glick’s description of his role during their opening and closing statements to the jury.Īlthough he reportedly went to school with one of Balistrieri’s sons, Glick testified that he did not know the criminal standing of Frank Balistrieri in 1974, when Teamsters pension fund officials sent Glick to see him about arranging financing to buy out Chicagoan Delbert W. Glick was official owner of both casinos for more than four years, marked by adverse publicity, until the state finally forced him to give up his casino license.
Glick was probably the key witness in the trial, testifying that he was intimidated into fronting for the crime figures.
