Famous Tax Evasion Case

"The income tax law is a lot of bunk. The government can't
collect legal taxes from illegal money."

The Chicago Crime Commission issued its first Public Enemy List on April 23, 1930. The list was comprised of 28 names with Al Capone at the head. Al Capone was a notorious mob boss and head of one of the biggest crime syndicates in the U.S. during the Prohibition era. His organization made vast amounts of money running illegal speakeasies, gambling halls, and the underground liquor trade, but was most infamous for the brutal and violent grip they held on the city of Chicago.

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Al Capone, 1930
(National Archives, Still Picture Branch,
306-NT-163.820C )

Capone eluded the criminal justice system for years through a net work of bribes, coercion, corrupt politicians and crooked law enforcement officials. Al Capone and his crime family basically ran Chicago with little if any resistance. This, nearly absolute control, lead to Capone's sense of being above the law. The federal government tried to prosecute Capone for years under various criminal charges but was unsuccessful in its attempts to curtail the mob's control or influence over a corrupt system. The mob king had no idea his fall would come, not from bribes, massacres or extortion, but from failure to pay his taxes. The federal government's efforts would finally culminate in June 1930, when after a grueling and exhausting investigation Al Capone was finally indicted for income tax evasion. The criminal mastermind that ran Chicago with the bloody iron fist of a butcher of men was brought down for tax evasion.

In the course of the trial, the prosecutors for the government were able to demonstrate how Capone's lavish lifestyle and frivolous squander of money was evidence of his immense income and undeclared wealth. The government was also able to prove that Capone knew of his obligation to pay federal income tax but refused to do so.

The jurors deliberated for nearly nine hours before emerging with their verdict. Al Capone was found guilty on three felony counts and two misdemeanor counts associated with his failure to pay and/or file his income taxes between 1925 and 1929. Al Capone was sentenced to serve 11 years in prison and was ordered to pay $80,000 in fines and court costs.

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