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- Using forensic accounting, Special Agent Frank Wilson and IRS "T-Men" put together a case against Capone for failing to report millions of dollars of ill-gotten gains.
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Al Capone was successfully prosecuted for tax evasion. Additionally, Soviet spy Aldrich Ames, who had earned more than $2 million cash for his espionage, was also charged with tax evasion as none of the Soviet money was reported on his tax returns.
Even when it was widely rumored that Capone had ordered the brutal murders of seven gangland rivals in the infamous “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre,” we couldn’t get involved. Why? The killings...
Jan 19, 2022 · The Supreme Court decision set the stage for the prosecution of mobster Al Capone in 1931, according to the Mob Museum. IRS officials estimated Capone’s income at more than $1 million from 1924 to 1929, and claimed he evaded about $219,000 in federal taxes when he failed to file any tax returns.
Capone initially failed to answer a subpoena to appear before a federal grand jury, claiming he was too ill to testify; when he did appear, he was arrested for contempt of court after FBI...
Dec 29, 2021 · Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone was indicted on tax evasion after prosecutors alleged that his stated income didn’t match his lavish lifestyle. “All income, from whatever source, is taxable...
Like many other mob bosses, Capone hadn’t been paying federal income taxes on his ill-gotten gains. Despite his efforts to get a plea bargain and then to bribe members of the jury, on October 18, 1931, Capone was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to eleven years in prison.
