Casper Holstein

ABOUT CASPER HOLSTEIN

A former mobster, most remembered for bringing back illegal gambling during the Harlem Renaissance.

He wasn't always a criminal; after graduating high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy.

During his criminal peak, he was pocketing up to $12,000 each day.

He was born in the small town of Christiansted.

It was said that Eddie Murphy studied his persona to play the character in his film, Harlem Nights.