The Thaksin government’s planned tax crackdown on “mafia” figures brings to mind America’s success in bringing down its best-known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era.
Capone was never tried for most of his crimes, which included murders – and even massacres – of opponents.
He was arrested in 1926 for killing three people, but spent only one night in jail because there was insufficient evidence to connect him with the murders.
In 1930, at the peak of his power, Capone headed Chicago’s new list of the 28 worst criminals and became the city’s “Public Enemy Number One”.
The popular belief in the 1920s and ’30s was that illegal gambling earnings were not taxable income. However, the 1927 Sullivan ruling claimed that illegal profits were in fact taxable.
The government wanted to indict Capone for income tax evasion. Capone had never filed an income tax return, owned nothing in his own name, and never made a declaration of assets or income.
He did all his business through front men so that he was anonymous when it came to income. Frank Wilson from the Internal Revenue Service’s Special Intelligence Unit was assigned to focus on Capone.
Wilson accidentally found a cash-receipts ledger of a gambling house that not only showed the operation’s net profits, but also contained Capone’s name; it was a record of Capone’s income.
In 1931, Capone was indicted for income tax evasion for the years 1925-29. He was also charged with the misdemeanour of failing to file tax returns for the years 1928 and 1929.
He was sentenced to a total of 10 years in federal prison and one year in a county jail, and eventually died of syphillis in prison.
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Capone was never tried for most of his crimes, which included murders – and even massacres – of opponents.
He was arrested in 1926 for killing three people, but spent only one night in jail because there was insufficient evidence to connect him with the murders.
In 1930, at the peak of his power, Capone headed Chicago’s new list of the 28 worst criminals and became the city’s “Public Enemy Number One”.
The popular belief in the 1920s and ’30s was that illegal gambling earnings were not taxable income. However, the 1927 Sullivan ruling claimed that illegal profits were in fact taxable.
The government wanted to indict Capone for income tax evasion. Capone had never filed an income tax return, owned nothing in his own name, and never made a declaration of assets or income.
He did all his business through front men so that he was anonymous when it came to income. Frank Wilson from the Internal Revenue Service’s Special Intelligence Unit was assigned to focus on Capone.
Wilson accidentally found a cash-receipts ledger of a gambling house that not only showed the operation’s net profits, but also contained Capone’s name; it was a record of Capone’s income.
In 1931, Capone was indicted for income tax evasion for the years 1925-29. He was also charged with the misdemeanour of failing to file tax returns for the years 1928 and 1929.
He was sentenced to a total of 10 years in federal prison and one year in a county jail, and eventually died of syphillis in prison.
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