" The name Bug later became Bugsy. Sometime in his late teens, he ran into his soon to be lifelong friend and business partner, Lansky Meyer. Siegel and Lansky eventually put together a small gang of their own, and it was called the Bugs and Meyer gang. Lansky was the brain behind the schemes and Siegel was the muscle; together these two were unstoppable. The Bugs and Meyer gang did everything from burglaries and hold-ups to contract killing for the mafia. They went on with this way of living for over a decade until prohibition was put in place in 1920. This was a mobster's golden ticket. Like every mobster who jumped on prohibition like jumping onto a train full of gold, Siegel and Lansky were quickly recruited and started making massive amounts of money. Siegel and Lansky was soon noticed by the top upcoming mob boss at the time, the ambitious Lucky Luciano. These three powerhouse mobsters together were soon known by the press as Murder Incorporated, with Luciano in charge. Siegel had a fearless role in the Murder Incorporated; he was the leader in the mob assassination department. Siegel had the luxury of dispatching hit squads for the assassination jobs, but instead Siegel went and led each assassination himself. The retired New York investigator said, "I think he enjoyed the violence to a considerable degree" (Singh). Prohibition gave Siegel and the mafia tremendous opportunity for wealth and fame in the underworld. However, on December 5, 1933 prohibition was repealed. With prohibition repealed, Siegel was sent to California, which brought him one step closer to his immortality in Las Vegas. He was ordered to come to California to muscle in and gain control of all the illegal rackets. With Siegel's good looks, charming personality and thirst for violence, it was not long until Siegel took over the territory, and at the same time became popular in the movie industry.