Posted by: smiling arab
Mob arrests - 04/26/05 12:32 PM
Luke, why do I have to do your work for you?
Few weeks ago I mentioned the Chicago Outfit guy that would place ads in the local free weekly demanding that "members of organized crime syndicates" stay away from him, since that was a condition of his parole. That guy, Joey "the Clown" Lombardo, was just charged in a pretty huge RICO indictment issued yesterday.
Of all of the counts, people will probably cling to the one involving the murder of Tony Spilotro, portrayed by Joe Peschi in the movie Casino, and his brother out in a cornfield in unincorporated DuPage County back in 1986.
Here's some relevant parts of the indictment, Luke:
COUNT SIX
The SPECIAL AUGUST 2003-2 GRAND JURY further charges:
From sometime in the summer of 2001 and continuing until approximately November 2001, in the Northern District of Illinois and elsewhere,
FRANK SCHWEIHS, also known as "the German,"
defendant herein, knowingly did attempt to commit extortion, as that term is used in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951(b) (2), which extortion would have affected interstate commerce as that term is used in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951(b) (3), in that the defendant would and did attempt to obtain money as "street tax" from an adult entertainment club operating in a suburb of Chicago, with the consent of a representative of the club, induced by the wrongful use of actual and threatened force, violence, and fear;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1951 and 2.
COUNT SEVEN
The SPECIAL AUGUST 2003-2 GRAND JURY further charges:
From sometime in October of 2001 and continuing through November 2001, in the Northern District of Illinois and elsewhere,
FRANK SCHWEIHS, also known as "the German"
defendant herein, knowingly participated in the use of extortionate means within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 891(7), to collect and attempt to collect from the former owners of an adult entertainment store operating in Indiana, an extension of credit, within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 891(1); that is, the defendant did expressly and implicitly threaten the use of violence to cause harm to the former owners of the store in an attempt to obtain a sum of money from them by November 1, 2001;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 894 and 2.
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There were rumors circulating--the departing FBI SAC even gave an interview stating as much--that several politicians were going to be implicated in a coming Outfit bust. Only a couple of cops were implicated here. I heard this morning that the second Grand Jury will be called back, and that a second indictment will have to do with shaking down, money laundering through and other business involving strip clubs and adult stores--but I don't know anything first-hand. Should be an interesting summer.
Few weeks ago I mentioned the Chicago Outfit guy that would place ads in the local free weekly demanding that "members of organized crime syndicates" stay away from him, since that was a condition of his parole. That guy, Joey "the Clown" Lombardo, was just charged in a pretty huge RICO indictment issued yesterday.
Of all of the counts, people will probably cling to the one involving the murder of Tony Spilotro, portrayed by Joe Peschi in the movie Casino, and his brother out in a cornfield in unincorporated DuPage County back in 1986.
Here's some relevant parts of the indictment, Luke:
COUNT SIX
The SPECIAL AUGUST 2003-2 GRAND JURY further charges:
From sometime in the summer of 2001 and continuing until approximately November 2001, in the Northern District of Illinois and elsewhere,
FRANK SCHWEIHS, also known as "the German,"
defendant herein, knowingly did attempt to commit extortion, as that term is used in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951(b) (2), which extortion would have affected interstate commerce as that term is used in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951(b) (3), in that the defendant would and did attempt to obtain money as "street tax" from an adult entertainment club operating in a suburb of Chicago, with the consent of a representative of the club, induced by the wrongful use of actual and threatened force, violence, and fear;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1951 and 2.
COUNT SEVEN
The SPECIAL AUGUST 2003-2 GRAND JURY further charges:
From sometime in October of 2001 and continuing through November 2001, in the Northern District of Illinois and elsewhere,
FRANK SCHWEIHS, also known as "the German"
defendant herein, knowingly participated in the use of extortionate means within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 891(7), to collect and attempt to collect from the former owners of an adult entertainment store operating in Indiana, an extension of credit, within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 891(1); that is, the defendant did expressly and implicitly threaten the use of violence to cause harm to the former owners of the store in an attempt to obtain a sum of money from them by November 1, 2001;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 894 and 2.
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There were rumors circulating--the departing FBI SAC even gave an interview stating as much--that several politicians were going to be implicated in a coming Outfit bust. Only a couple of cops were implicated here. I heard this morning that the second Grand Jury will be called back, and that a second indictment will have to do with shaking down, money laundering through and other business involving strip clubs and adult stores--but I don't know anything first-hand. Should be an interesting summer.