He was one of America’s most notorious gangsters, famous for running a multi-million-dollar Chicago operation in gambling, bootlegging and prostitution in the 1920s, and inspiring countless books and films, including Scarface. But who was the real Al Capone, what crimes did he commit, and how did he die?
On Oct. 17, 1931, infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison, according to PBS. Law enforcement officials had been trying to take Capone down for years but were never able to keep him behind bars for more than nine months, per the FBI. Gang warfare was not within the FBI’s jurisdiction at the time, so the bureau began investigating his finances, which led to Capone’s arrest.
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