In the 1980's Puggy partnered up with Mafia soldier "the Animal" Anthony Fiato to run one of the biggest gambling, loan sharking, and extortion syndicates ever seen on the west coast. The Fiato-Zeichick partnership helped make the L.A. family the dominant loan shark operators in the area. Zeichick and Fiato incorporated all the top west coast Jewish bookies and loan sharks into their crime syndicate. Law enforcement and Mafiosi alike referred to Anthony Fiato and Puggy Zeichick as the Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky of Los Angeles. Zeichick is reportedly still active in the L.A. crime family.