signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Elsa Dorfman, Harvey Silverglate, their son Isaac & late beloved / brindled Greyhound "Moozer" on J.F.K. Evidence exists that Dorfman also knew of the attempts made by clandestine ops from government agencies to work with elements of organized crime to assist in overthrowing of the Castro Regime. Both Paul and Allen Dorfman were indicted but later acquittedon jury tampering charges similar to Test Fleet by a Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco for the allegedextortion of well known insurance broker. / CBS Chicago. As a result he became a DOJ "consultant" providing testimony of what kind of person Allen Dorfman really was when it came to power and the control of vast amounts of money. The Teamster's problems continued with the efforts to deregulate the industry, begun by President Carter in 1977. American businessman. But Provenzano and new Jersey mobster Salvatore 'Sally Bugs' Briguglio had Hoffa 'ground up in little pieces, shipped to Florida and thrown into the swamp, ' Allen said. As a result of information obtained from the wiretaps, a federal grand jury in Chicago indicted Dorfman and four others in May 1981. For those watching the popular motion picture produced by Martin Scorsesein 2019 "The Irishman", we see quite a different depiction of Allen Dorfman as to what he was really like. Fitzsimmons died of cancer in 1981. Dorfman rose to prominence during labour unrest following World War II, and by the late 1950s was a close cohort of IBT President Jimmy Hoffa. . Dorfman had been in plenty of trouble already by the time he was gunned down. John Murphy, seen with Dorfman, on that day in California never got a second look as to any connection to Hoffa. These two men (Dorfman and Murphy) were both involved withthe Pension Fund. One other aspect noted when it comes to the Dorfman's and JRH mysteryis they becamesome of the early pioneers with the waste management and meat rendering businesses especially in Chicago. Paul included his son Allen with the workings of the IBT. It was Allen Dorfman and JRH that essentially built this fund along with advice from certain successfulIndustrialists to make it profitable. Law enforcement was watching anyone that showed up on their radar. The addition to the Charleston waterworks was financed through funds on hand and by a small bond issue. We are talking billions of dollars here! Even so, the way Murphywas treatedby the authorities was much different from how Dorfman was dealt with. Some loans went bust or bankrupt, but others emanated tremendous profits. Weiner, a former bail bondsman from Niles who also had mob ties and who died in 1996, was not injured. Allen Dorfman had, with the blessings of JRH, established this massive fund. Little Known Characters in America: Allen Dorfman. He received the Combat Infantryman Badge for active participation in ground combat. (Lombardo was convicted of Seifert's murder in 2007 as a result of Operation Family Secrets. On October 9, 1975, just over 2 months later the annual Frank Fitzsimmons Golf Tournament at the LaCosta Resort, we have a group of major Hoffa suspects together with ex U.S. President Richard Nixon. There was concern, Drummond said, that "this guy was going to spill his beans. Dorfman and four others, including Teamsters President Roy L. Williams and reputed mobster Joseph 'Joey the Clown' Lombardo, were convicted last year of conspiracy to bribe former Sen. Howard Cannon of Nevada. Prosecutors in the Dorfman case said he and the others offered Cannon a choice piece of Las Vegas land at a bargain price in return for Cannon's agreement to scuttle deregulation legislation. He graduated from Boston English High School, class of 1964. Dorfmans rise coincided with enormous expansion in Teamsters ranks, along with spectacular growth in the unions pension funds, which eventually came largely under Dorfmans administration. In response to this unauthorized transaction. He enlisted in the US Marines and won a Silver Star at the Battle of Iwo Jima. A booster pump takes care of pressure in case of fires. For example, after the previously mentioned San Franciscoextortion acquittal, Allen Dorfman discovered money had been removed from the IBT pension fund without his authorization. It becameobvious to us, it would not be good for a person's health to get on the wrong side of Allen Dorfman. . Ontrak Health CEO indicted for alleged insider trading. Allen Dorfman was suspected by some researchers of using his other ties with mob owned sanitation businesses and meat rendering companies as a means to dispose of Hoffa. JRH went to trial over this arrangement and during the trial attempted to bribe some of the jurors. Three days before his sentencing, scheduled for January 23, 1983, he was murdered in the Purple Hotel parking lot in Lincolnwood, Illinois. In reality it is not known exactly how or by what means Hoffa was killed. These two men (Dorfman and Murphy) were both involved withthe Pension Fund. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces, "Allen Dorfman Built Wealth Through Teamster Contracts". In fact one U.S. Congressional document includes an excerpt from the press using the phrase, His activities along with his step father and his mother can be traced back to Hoffa's transactions with the major power brokers in the trucking industry and with Hoffa's introduction to many of the movers and shakers belonging to organized crime. It grew from representing a few local union halls to a the huge IBT Central States Pension Fund. Allen Dorfman, an insurance salesman with close ties to the Chicago mob, was gunned down outside the old Purple Hyatt Hotel in Lincolnwood in broad daylight on Jan. 20, 1983, 40 years ago this. connected to the establishment of thesameTest Fleet company that Jimmy Hoffa was brought down by in the trials mentioned above in the early 60s. It becameobvious to us, it would not be good for a person's health to get on the wrong side of Allen Dorfman. The film contains many events of the history of JRH, but it takes liberties with the facts included in these events. I have been looking high and low for a photo of Paul Red Dorfman, who had ties to Hoffa and Ruby. Some of them launched a effort to discredit the movie on that basis as well as some other references to the murdersof La Cosa Nostra ("LCN") associates like Joe Gallo or Salvatore Briguglio. The depiction of Allen Dorfman withinthe " Irishman" movie , does not line upwith evidence we discovered from credible sources. The name of that company was Commercial Carriers. Running the IBT Pension Fund took more than handing out cash whenever someone wanted it. Some loans went bust or bankrupt, but others emanated tremendous profits. The water comes from deep wells. Even so, the way Murphywas treatedby the authorities was much different from how Dorfman was dealt with. The killers apparently waited until Dorfman parked his Cadillac in the hotel parking lot and began walking with Weiner to Tessy's about 100 feet away. Allens stepfather was Paul Red Dorfman, who happened to be head of the Chicago Waste Handlers Union and a kingpin in the Chicago Outfit. Findinghoffa.com is dedicated to hunt down these leadswith hopes of clearing up the Hoffa mystery. Street Cambridge, / we came out for breakfast croissants right across the street, Nov- / ember 8, 1986.; on verso, by artist, lower center in graphite: beloved . In 1979, the FBI installed hidden microphones in the office of Dorfmans insurance agency. Among the loans he later made was a $160 million loan to Argent Corporation, which owned a group of casinos, including the Stardust Resort & Casino. took reigns over the Waste Handlers Material Union, Local 20467 of the AFL American Federation of Labor. In their search for clues, police were contacting people whose names were in Dorfmans personal telephone book, found on his body. A "fivesome" group of Nixon, Frank Fitzsimmons, John Murphy (Trustee of the IBT Pension Fund and CEO of Gateway Transportation), Murry Miller (ExecutiveSecretary of IBT) and Joseph Teratola (LCN, IBT Vice President and President of Joint Council 16 in New York). March 1 (UPI) -- A North Carolina woman found out she had won a $1 million Powerball prize just hours before celebrating her 58th birthday. View Source Share Save to Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Maintained by: William Seitz [6] He was again investigated in 1973 on similar charges, related to payoffs given to have the Teamsters represent agricultural workers in California, in place of the United Farm Workers Union. 1935: The new filtering plant in Charleston has been placed in operation. Modern "hoffaologists" have criticized the production because of some of the portrayals of who may have killed Hoffa and how they did it. Amalgamated Insurance Company Inc., once headed by Allen Dorfman, is being run by the fund and also occupies space in the building. A number of organized crime members were later convicted in the case. The bushy-browed insurance man, linked to the crime syndicate for four decades, most likely died on the orders of underworld associates to 'shut him up,' law enforcement officials said. He attended Marshall High School in Chicago. It was determined theseactions were in violation of the Taft-Hartley Act. A native of Chicago, he attended Marshall High School in Chicago and later the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In early 1949, Hoffa set up the Michigan Conference of Teamsters Welfare Fund. Allen Dorfman (January 6, 1923, Detroit, Michigan - January 20, 1983 Lincolnwood, Illinois) was an insurance agency owner, and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. Dorfman, sentenced to spend the rest. Some of the informationportrayed in the film isbased on erroneous opinionsand seemed to have been used to provideentertainment value. Allen Dorfman, who died in a hail of bullets in Chicago, was a financier for the Teamsters Union, a union with a long history of links to organized crime. Documentationfrom the DOJ, U.S. Congress, FBI, IRS and those who really knew him, provide a different picture. CHICAGO -- The son of slain mob figure Allen Dorfman Wednesday was given a judge's permission to move his firm into his father's company headquarters -- a building owned by the Teamsters pension fund. "It requires an effort on Dorfman similarto the effort on Hoffa". "Hoffa Union Associate Indicted Over Kickback", Los Angeles Times, Jul 15, 1971. If the reports of these other meetings actually happened, it was not enough to deter the FBI from the direction they chose to go with this case months later when they completed the Hoffex Memo. Interest in Allan Dorfman picked up after the trials by not only the FBI but also the Internal Revenue Service. On Thursday, Jan. 20, 1983, Dorfman was out on bond. Judging from the style of the slaying, the killers who pumped eight bullets into Dorfmans head Thursday were probably hired assassins from out of town, Chicago Police Superintendent Richard Brzeczek said. "Red" Dorfman (1901-1971) and Rose Ritman (1907-2003). After Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in 1975, the FBI spent a huge effort to investigate the same kind of businesses in the Detroit area based on a "red herring" ruse tip that his body was destroyed in a local meat rendering establishment including the, Market Vending Company owned by Hoffex suspectsRaffaele "Jimmy" Quasarano and Pete "Buzzie" Vitale. Federal prosecutors said Dorfman and Lombardo conspired to extort $800,000 from Kendler. Allen M. Dorfman, the Chicago insurance executive who was slain yesterday in a hotel parking lot near Chicago, built a huge financial empire through close associations with leaders of the. He was convicted in the early 80s of attempting bribe a Senator along with Joey Lombardo and looking at a lengthy prison sentence. The Wall Street Journal, Apr 27, 1972, "DeAngeles among three acquitted by U. S. jury", "Joey 'the Clown' Lombardo Sentenced to Life" February 2, 2009. With Frank Fitzsimmons at the helm, the LCN and others had benefited by Hoffa staying out of the union. Engineers break Guinness World Record with 289-foot paper airplane flight. The IBT Central States Pension Fund grew to one of the most lucrative accounts in North America. Dorfman formed the Union Insurance Agency and soon had an exclusive contract to sell insurance to the Teamsters. 1965: An auto graveyard near Charleston is nestled between rolling hills along scenic Illinois 16. This fund rivaled the world's largest banks and was the major source of financing for many investments made by theLCN. So we learned, in that instance, Allen Dorfman used words right out of the "mobster playbook" to put fear into the man. So we learned, in that instance, Allen Dorfman used words right out of the "mobster playbook" to put fear into the man. The IRS launched a full scale investigation on him and his "general administration" of the IBT Pension Fund. This event seems to tie Dorfman and the other major players and groups together before and after the JRH disappearance. We know there were other CEOs noted as being big into golf course capitalism back in the day. Allen Dorfman (January 6, 1923 - January 20, 1983) was an insurance agency owner, and a consultant to the . First published on January 16, 2023 / 11:49 PM. What are the different types of error handling techniques in VBA? By 1951, he basically invested union money into a number of so called business ventures and loaned out money from the Central States Teamsters Pension Fund to would be entrepreneurs with connections to organized crime. Born in The Bronx, New York in 1930, Dorfman served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War in the 224th Infantry Regiment. The depiction of Allen Dorfman withinthe " Irishman" movie , does not line upwith evidence we discovered from credible sources. Other participants included Allen Dorfman, with Anthony Provenzano (former IBT Vice President, at the time; President of Local 560 New Jersey, and LCN Genovese Crime Family Capo) in the same tournament with these participants. This lodge was purchased including other properties located in Michigans Upper Peninsula from profits originating with the previously mentioned Test Fleet company. Chris Tye is a reporter and fill-in anchor at CBS2 Chicago. He filed suit Friday after he was told by management he could not move in. He was to be sentenced in 1983 for attempting to bribe Nevada Senator Howard Cannon but he was murdered. It certainly is not a stretch to think Murphy and Dorfmanspent time together in Wisconsin more than they did in California. "The fact they did it in broad daylight, in a popular restaurant and hotel, and got away with it and it hadn't been cleared, and I thought by now it would have been.". Kendler's Lake Forest mansion was later bombed, and federal prosecutors said Dorfman and Lombardo were behind it. He made himselfunavailable to serve with a subpoena. Either way one looks at it, Allen Dorfman was certainly no meek and mild push over. In response to this unauthorized transaction,Dorfman called Mr. Hopps and threatened him by saying he would "cut a new hole in his head" "put him in a concrete overcoat" and cause harm to Hopp's Grand children. But the hotel grew to be known for seedy activity as the years went on after the Dorfman murder. A "fivesome" group of Nixon, Frank Fitzsimmons, John Murphy (Trustee of the IBT Pension Fund and CEO of Gateway Transportation), Murry Miller (ExecutiveSecretary of IBT) and Joseph Teratola (LCN, IBT Vice President and President of Joint Council 16 in New York). In 1951, Hoffa made arrangements that the Unions retirement funds be deposited in the Chicago branch of Union Casualty Agency, despite the fact that the young Dorfman had no experience in the insurance business. Dorfman was on a first-name basis with powerful politicians, union bigwigs, and Hollywood stars but was also tied up with organized crime figures. Cheers, James. Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker: Directed by Elliot McCaffrey. Allen Melnick Dorfman [2] (January 6, 1923 - January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. The Outfit was a criminal organization who in 1959 was described by congressional investigators as the link between the Teamsters Union and the Chicago underworld.. Bringing down the mob: the war against the American Mafia By Thomas A. Reppetto; Henry Holt and Co. "Dorfman slain in parking lot", The Milwaukee Journal, Jan. 21, 1983, "'Love and Shame and Love' by Peter Orner", http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-11/entertainment/sc-ent-books-love-shame-20111111_1_esther-stories-shame-jewish-family/2, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d74RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ke0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7084,5360144&dq=allen-dorfman&hl=en, http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol9/pdf/HSCA_Vol9_5Fxv_Weiner.pdf, http://newspaperarchive.com/Content/Mysite.aspx?Site=274412&cboCountry=co7&cboState=st66, http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/02/joey-the-clown-lombardo-sentence-life.html, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia. The casinos at that time were infiltrated by organized crime and were being heavily skimmed. By 1951, he basically invested union money into a number of so called business ventures and loaned out money from the Central States Teamsters Pension Fund to would be entrepreneurs with connections to organized crime. We surmised there were others in attendance connected to the Hoffa case. Allen Dorfman was an insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. Many researchers feel JRH was faced with a choicewhether he should exchange information with the Church Committee in order to gain leverage in his pursuit to reestablishcontrol of IBT or retire all together from labor union causes. Allen Dorfman owned luxury home on that golf course and participated in the event. Matheson was arrested in Chicago the day after the indictment. 60-year-old Allen Dorfman was a millionaire insurance executive and a middleman between the Teamsters' top union leaders and Chicago's mob bosses. Other participants included Allen Dorfman, with Anthony Provenzano (former IBT Vice President, at the time; President of Local 560 New Jersey, and LCN Genovese Crime Family Capo) in the same tournament with these participants. Three days before his sentencing, scheduled for January 23, 1983, Allen Dorfman was murdered outside the Lincolnwood Hyatt parking lot in Lincolnwood, Illinois. Dorfman was only 60 years old. The pension fund wants to disassociate itself from Allen Dorfman, who was convicted last year of attempting to bribe a senator and was killed gangland-style in January. No one followed up on Murphy's whereabouts. That remains a mystery. It appears as if, the interested parties that had been poised against JRH reestablishing control of IBT, were found together at this golf course. Some theorize it was the publishing of the LCN leaderships names involved with these covert operations that also led to a motive to take Hoffa out of the picture permanently. JRH went to trial over this arrangement and during the trial attempted to bribe some of the jurors. Allen Dorfman was investigated in the McClellan hearings. Some theorize it was the publishing of the LCN leaderships names involved with these covert operations that also led to a motive to take Hoffa out of the picture permanently. The character of "Andy Stone" (played by Alan King) in the 1995 film Casino was based upon Dorfman. Allen Bernard Dorfman passed away Friday of complications related to covid. The major factor with Allen Dorfman is through his efforts and his deals with the IBT expansion. He had a grip on Teamsters fund loans, land transactions, and major insurance deals. . Dorfman, along with other Hoffa allies, was investigated and charged with jury tampering. Once again in 1974 Allen Dorfman was indicted for loans made to a private plastics manufacturing company in New Mexico to the tune of $ 1.4 million. So, they were baffled as to how Hoffas remains were kept hidden from them and they are still mystified after all these years. It was demolished in August 2013, and a new development is under construction there today. Dorfman had taken some lessons from the CEOs and attorneys setting up the clandestine Test Fleet company and went into business with JRH in not only the JOLL property but also the Whispering Pine Ranch camp and the North Western Oil Company. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The senior Dorfman struck a deal with Jimmy Hoffa, then head of the Teamsters Union in Michigan. The son of actor Dustin Hoffman, Jake Hoffman portrayed Steve Madden in Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street. In December 1982, after four days of deliberations, the jury found Lombardo, Dorfman, Williams, and two others guilty on 11 counts of bribery, fraud, and con-spiracy. This lodge was purchased including other properties located in Michigans Upper Peninsula. Allen Dorfman (January 6, 1923, Detroit, Michigan January 20, 1983 Lincolnwood, Illinois) was an insurance agency owner, and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. A 10-day temporary restraining order issued by Cook County Circuit Judge Albert Porter prevents the Teamsters from locking David Dorfman and others from the building. March 1 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers said a young seal was returned to the wild one day after it exited the water and walked across a busy New Jersey road. Instead, the actual record shows a confident, intelligent, physically fit man. As a trustee of the IBT Pension Fund it was considered a conflict of interests by some of the members ofthe U.S. Congress. Others have indicated he wasnot dangerous but the people he worked for were. The lesson continues. Camillus Robinson explains how Allen Dorfman became embroiled in a scheme with Kansas City Teamster Roy Williams and Outfit Capo Joey "The Clown" Lombardo to bribe Nevada Senator Howard Cannon. He was a Teamsters insurance executive and was handling the Mob's theft of the Teamsters Central States Pension which the Mob used to build casinos in Vegas and other ventures. Findinghoffa.com believes this was evidence of an historic event demonstrating the possible collusion of those involved with the Hoffa disappearance outlined in the Hoffex Memo. Allen Dorfman owned luxury home on that golf course and participated in the event. After Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in 1975, the FBI spent a huge effort to investigate the same kind of businesses in the Detroit area based on a "red herring" ruse tip that his body was destroyed in a local meat rendering establishment including the Market Vending Company owned by Hoffex suspectsRaffaele "Jimmy" Quasarano and Pete "Buzzie" Vitale. A bloodstained couch cushion covered his head. "In my opinion, other than the fact of the Sam Giancana murder in 1975, it probably is the biggest mystery of any organized crime hit we've had in Chicago," said Drummond, now retired. Between 1959 and 1969 the Central States Pension Fund Plan the loans had gone unpaid. He was furious over the incident. There was a problem saving your notification. (Kemler) Dorfman.. Allen Dorfman was released on the bail bond thus posted and, on January 20, 1983, died as a result of gun shots inflicted by persons unknown. No connection was discoveredby the investigatorsand no evidence exists to support the claim. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. It was John Murphy's Gateway Transportation that was named in the Hoffex Memo as the means to transfer Hoffa's body to his hidden burial site. Dorfman rose to prominence following World War II and by the late 1950s was a close associate of Hoffa, the IBT president. Later in 1972, Fitzsimmons took full control of IBT. However, Dorfman was acquitted in the case. The Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and the Jersey Shore, along with exclusive real estate deals like the Rancho La Costa Golf Resort in Southern California were built from it's extensive reserves of capital. As already mentioned, Allen Dorfman also spent much time at the JOLL property in Northern Wisconsin. Findinghoffa.com further discoveredhow notorious Dorfman was regarded.. We found a document from one federal agent working on these cases saying: "This guy Dorfman is massive." It became known as the mob's "piggy bank". "Dorfman himself was awaiting sentencing in federal court, but apparently, someone had already passed sentence on Allen Dorfman," the late CBS 2 reporter Phil Walters said in his report on the murder. In contrast, Dorfman was regarded as a Hoffa suspect. His son was Allen Dorfman, whose picture I have. CHICAGO -- The son of slain mob figure Allen Dorfman Wednesday was given a judge's permission to move his firm into his father's company headquarters -- a building owned by the Teamsters. . It is, surmised by some researchers, that there were a few people involved with the U.S. Government, plus the mob, along with many powerful business CEOs whodid not want to see JRH make a come back.. Some of this information was made public in Time Magazine in 1975 just prior to JRH disappearance. Dorfman also led a jet-set lifestyle immaculately dressed and with a perpetual tan, as CBS 2's John Drummond put it at the time. The money, the timing and the circumstances are quite suspicious to say the least. As of this time we don't know any of the details presented by all the published experts as being absolute fact to lay responsibility on any of a long list of suspects. Hopps had to do this in exchange for a reduced sentence from an earlierinsurance fraud convictionin Baltimore and getsome protection after being threatened by Dorfman. ("Dorfman"), appeal from an opinion and order dated July 20, 2000 and a judgment dated July 25, 2000 of the March 1 (UPI) -- Intense fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut continues, as President Volodymyr Zelensky has signaled that Kyiv is preparing its soldiers for a counteroffensive. Dorfman was also indicted in San Francisco a week before he was gunned down on charges of attempting to loot the funds of a labor union there. He was from Chicago, a racketeers mobster, involved with the Waste Handler's Union. Allen Dorfman, an insurance salesman with close ties to the Chicago mob, was gunned down outside the old Purple Hyatt Hotel in Lincolnwood in broad daylight on Jan. 20, 1983, 40 years ago this coming Friday. As Dorfman passed between two cars, the killers came up from behind. This article lists the episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, an American situation comedy television series that ran for eight seasons (1950-58) on CBS.The show did not become weekly until the third season. Dorfman, who had been linked for decades to underworld activities, was buried within hours of the release of his body from the Cook County medical examiners office, officials said. As a trustee of the IBT Pension Fund it was considered a conflict of interests by some of the members ofthe U.S. Congress. The book reportedly contains names of sports celebrities, entertainers, mobsters, labor leaders and city officials, including some high-ranking police department employees. When he was facingpressure from a long sentenceto prison, there were those who feared he may talk to the authorities about all the secrets he held in exchange for a better deal. Allen Dorfman was also a participant and had in the past been golfing with suspects Rolland McMaster and Anthony Provenzano, along with others associated with the demise of Jimmy Hoffa. Those doing so, promised continued cooperation with Dorfman and stopped supporting Hoffa for trying to come back into running the IBT union affairs. Once again in 1974 Allen Dorfman was indicted for loans made to a private plastics manufacturing company in New Mexico to the tune of $ 1.4 million. The transaction came at apersonal cost to him. Hecould get things done quietlywhen he had to, but the record shows he knew how to handle himself well in situations requiring a bolder approach. Beloved husband of Elinor A. Some members looked at itas a violation of the "ERISA" act of 1974. Immediately afterward Mr. Hopps ran to the U.S. Government for help. The longtime Boca Raton resident was 90. Of all the factors involved to provide a primary motive for their deathsarebest linked to this fund and the personal knowledge of those who profited illegally from it. A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983. Hoffa had openly vowed to retake control of the union and it's pension fund by running for IBT President in 1976. During the late 1950s, Dorfman got involved in approving loans for the Teamster's Central States Pension Fund. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The contract soon extended to sickness and accident insurance. By 1977 Dorfman among the 8 union trustees coupled with 8 trucking executives serving on the board of trustees of the Central States Pension Fund, were stripped of their control.