Victor Spilotro (1935-1997) was a Chicago mobster who was a brother to Anthony and Michael, but less notorious. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... Tony the Ant Anthony Spilotro (May 19, 1938 - June 14, 1986) was a mafia enforcer for the Chicago Outfit who worked in Las Vegas in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Michael Spilotro Michael Spilotro was the brother of Anthony Spilotro and was an associate of the Chicago Mafia crime family The Outfit. Career Michael Peter Spilotro was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1944. ...

Victor was involved in gambling and tax fraud and was convicted of those charges in 1980 in connection with an illegal bookmaking operation disguised as a racetrack messenger service. He was sentenced to eighteen months January and released after serving a year and one month. He was tried on fraud and extortion in 1987, and accused of accepting $40,000 in protection money between 1981 and 1984 from National Credit Card Service, an illegal credit card company that processed payments made to prostitutes. The company, though, was set up by the FBI in a probe of vice in suburban Chicago. Victor was 52 at that time and was found guilty. The judge commented, "It is a troublesome case. If your name wasn't Spilotro, you wouldn't be here." On July 17, 1987, Judge James B. Moran sentenced Victor to six months work release, five years probation, and restitution costs. Victor died in 1997 at the age of 63 in a retirement home. Gambling (or betting) is any behavior involving risking money or property (making a wager or placing a stake) on the outcome of a game, contest, or other event in which the outcome of that activity depends partially or totally upon chance or upon ones ability to do something. ... This article contrasts tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax resistance and tax mitigation. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to his person, reputation, or property. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Probation is the suspension of a prison or jail sentence - the criminal who is on probation has been convicted of a crime, but instead of serving prison time, has been found by the Court to be amenable to probation and will be returned to the community for a period in... Restitution is the name given to a form of legal relief in which the plaintiff recovers something from the defendant that belongs, or should belong, to the plaintiff. ... A retirement home is a place of residence intended for the elderly. ...

See Also

• Chicago Outfit

The Chicago Outfit is a crime syndicate that has a long and storied history dating back to long before Prohibition. ...

Sources

• Nash, Jay Robert. World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime
• http://www.thechicagoutfit.com/forums/index.php/topic,141.0.html