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A Wood Dale man was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for running an illicit sports gambling ring uncovered as part of a larger federal investigation into the Chicago Outfit. Michael Frontier, 39, a former mixed-martial arts fighter who currently works for a national cannabis firm, pleaded guilty in January to one count of running an illegal gambling business. In a plea agreement with ...
A Wood Dale man was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for running an illicit sports gambling ring uncovered as part of a larger federal investigation into the Chicago Outfit. Michael Frontier, 39, a former mixed-martial arts fighter who currently works for a national cannabis firm, pleaded guilty in January to one count of running an illegal gambling business. In a plea agreement with ...
While the charges against Gene Cassano and Gioacchino Galione don't mention the mob, records show the underlying investigation specifically targeted the Chicago Outfit.
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 ...
MBTA safety officials were not immediately notified of a decision to shut down a work site Saturday inside the Red Line’s Ashmont Tunnel because of air quality concerns, a situation that one employee described as “embarrassing,” according to internal emails obtained by the Herald.