On October 17, 1931, Al Capone was sent to prison for tax evasion.
His real name is Alfonso Gabriel Capone, but he doesn't like it, so everyone calls him Al.
Actually, Capone is a very smart and intelligent boy - he started school at the age of 5 and until the sixth grade he excelled. Then he interrupts his studies.
He began his career in Brooklyn, then moved to Chicago, where he became the boss of the American mafia. A curious fact is that he became the "godfather of the mafia" only 26 years old
Toward the end of 1920, the FBI placed him on the list of "most wanted criminals, and in 1931, Al Capone was charged and convicted by the feds of... income concealment.
This comes after the authorities get hold of his brother Ralph Capone. He was arrested on charges of tax evasion and convicted. But the most important information that the two agents manage to obtain is that the tax officials obtain an accounting book of an establishment of the organization, as well as to find the two accountants.
By the spring of 1931, enough evidence had been collected to initiate a court case. Al Capone was charged with 22 counts of embezzlement and defrauding the state of more than $200,000, and separately charged with 68 members of his organization for 5,000 separate alcohol violations. He faces 34 years in prison.
Then the boss's lawyers cut a deal with the prosecutor – Capone pleaded guilty, and the prosecutor recommended 2 to 5 years in prison. That's unheard of. With such efforts and so much collected evidence – such a low sentence.
On June 16, Al Capone enters the courtroom smiling, but leaves numb. Judge Wilkerson did not accept the plea deal made by the prosecutor and set a trial date for October 6. Throughout the summer, Capone's organization has been in full force trying to track down and influence the members of the trial jury by all means.
Late on Saturday evening, October 17, 1931, after nine hours of deliberation, the jury reached a verdict and found Capone guilty of some, but not all, of the tax evasion charges. The court recognized only $32,488.81 in hidden taxes. However, they are enough next Saturday for Judge Wilkerson to sentence Capone to 11 years in prison, a $50,000 fine and another $30,000 in court costs.