Reputed mob figure gets year and one day on tax charge

CHICAGO — Reputed Chicago mob figure Rudy Fratto was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in federal prison for evading $141,192 in income taxes.
“I’m completely devastated over this tax case and I’m completely responsible,” the 66-year-old Fratto said before U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly imposed the sentence. “I brought this on myself.”
Four [...]

Feds raid mafia linked video poker bars in Bridgeport

A federal investigation of mob-backed video poker machines is now under way in the Bridgeport neighborhood, sources have told the Chicago Sun-Times and NBC5 News.
And tavern owners, in whose bars the poker machines were located, have been called to testify before a federal grand jury.
The raids, according to law enforcement sources, began [...]

Reputed Chicago mobster pleads guilty to burglary

A reputed member of the Chicago mob was sentenced to 71/2 years in prison Monday when he pleaded guilty to burglarizing a Lincolnshire house.
Mario Rainone, 54, pleaded guilty to residential burglary during a hearing before Lake County Associate Judge George Bridges.
At the time of the Feb. 12 burglary, Rainone was on parole for a racketeering [...]

Illinois Video Gaming Chief says “almost impossible” to keep Mafia out

The state regulator charged with legalizing video gambling in up to 15,000 bars, restaurants, clubs and truck stops statewide says it is “an almost impossible job” to keep the mob out and protect citizens from the social ills of such pervasive gambling.
But Illinois Gaming Board Chairman Aaron Jaffe promised to push [...]

Deputy U.S. marshal gets four years in prison in mob case

A deputy U.S. marshal convicted of leaking secret information about a mob witness was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison — a punishment the judge said is designed to deter others in law enforcement from contemplating similar crimes.
The marshal, John Ambrose, sat motionless as U.S. District Court Judge John F. [...]

How — And Where — The Spilotros Really Died

For 23 years, it’s been a mystery just where Chicago mob boss Tony Spilotro and his younger brother, Michael, were killed.
CBS 2’s John “Bulldog” Drummond got the very first look at a home in unincorporated Bensenville where neighbors and others believe the Spilotros may have met their violent end.
No, the killing of [...]

Video gambling banned for links to Chicago Outfit

The Cook County Board’s finance committee on Thursday banned video gambling machines from popping up in unincorporated areas of the county.
The ban, if approved by the full board, would affect 53 Southland businesses that hold a liquor license. The full board will consider the ban at its Tuesday meeting.
“The long-term cost to [...]

Reputed mobster charged with tax evasion in new case

Reputed mobster Rudy Fratto has been charged with tax evasion in a new federal case, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division announced today.
Fratto, 65, of Darien, has previously been identified by authorities as a lieutenant in the mob’s Elmwood Park street crew.

New criminal information filed in federal court alleges that Fratto failed to [...]

Mafia linked ex-Cicero town pres. on the move

Former Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese has been released from prison in California and has been sent to a halfway house in Phoenix.
Federal prison records show Loren-Maltese, 59, was being held at CCM Phoenix, a community corrections office in Phoenix. Inmates at such facilities are allowed to leave the facility to find [...]

Wiretaps show mobster still dangerous

Even at age 85, reputed mobster Sam Volpendesto clearly has a soft spot for the days when Al Capone was boss in Chicago’s ruthless mob scene. In wiretap recordings released by federal prosecutors Monday, he seems to delight in telling how he lived among “very dangerous people” and watched one mobster [...]

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