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While the charges against Gene Cassano and Gioacchino Galione don t mention the mob, records show the underlying investigation specifically targeted the Chicago Outfit.
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After a chaotic mistrial earlier this month, a federal juice loan extortion case with ties to a larger probe of the Chicago Outfit ended Monday when prosecutors announced they were dropping all charges. Gene “Gino” Cassano, 55, and Gioacchino “Jack” Galione, 47, were indicted in 2021 on charges of conspiring to collect a debt by extortionate means. Galione was also charged with using violence .
The first objection in the recent extortion trial of Addison businessman Gene “Gino” Cassano came about five seconds into opening statements, when a prosecutor mentioned the term “juice loan.” Three days later, the proceedings abruptly ended in a mistrial after an FBI agent testified he was assigned to investigate “organized crime,” a term the judge had explicitly barred to avoid prejudicing .