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Published October 17, 2025​

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Between 1925 and 1931, as the head of the Chicago Outfit, Capone controlled extensive gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging operations during Prohibition. Today’s date, October 17th, marks the day a Chicago jury convicted Capone on five counts of federal income tax evasion in 1931. Thirty-eight days later, he was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison, fined $50,000, and ordered to pay $219,260.12 in back taxes, plus $7,692 in court costs. He served his federal prison sentence at both Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary and Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.