The Top 10 Jewish Bad Guys, "The Kosher Nostra" and Other Criminals

1. Meyer Lanksy: In the 1930s-1950s, developed a gambling empire and was thought to be one of the most powerful men in the country.
2. Bugsy Siegel: Gangster who was involved with the Genovese crime family, and developed much of what Las Vegas is today. 
3. Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein: Considered to be instrumental in the fixing of the 1919 World Series (The Black Sox Scandal).
4. Mickey Cohen: Los Angeles gangster from the 1930s-1960s. Worked with Bugsy Siegel. Set up the Flamingo Hotel.
5. Dutch Schultz: New York gangster in the 1920s and 1930s involved in bootlegging during prohibition.
6. Louis “Lepke” Buchalter: Head of the mafia hit squad “Murder, Inc.” Only major crime boss to have received the death penalty.
7. Monk Eastman: Founded the Eastman Gang in New York, which lasted form the 1890s to the 1910s.
8. Bernie Madoff: Headed the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
9. Yigal Amir: Assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
10. Jack Ruby: Killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated JFK.

* (Dis)honorable Mention: Jack Abramoff