Albert Tocco
Albert Tocco | |
|---|---|
tax fraud (1990) | |
| Criminal penalty | 200 years' imprisonment (1990) |
Albert "Caesar" Tocco (August 9, 1929 – September 21, 2005) was a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit during the 1970s and 1980s. He was the mob boss of Chicago Heights, the south suburbs, and parts of Northern Indiana. His brother, Joseph "Papa Joe" Tocco, helmed the Chicago Outfit's activities in Phoenix, Arizona, from the 1960s through to the 1980s.
Tocco was described as second-in-command to Alfred Pilotto, leader of the Chicago Heights Street Crew. He allegedly played a part in the murder of
On May 14, 1990, Tocco was sentenced to 200 years in prison for racketeering, conspiracy, extortion and tax fraud, after a trial in which his wife, Betty, testified against him. She testified that in 1986 she drove her husband from an Indiana cornfield where he told her he had just buried
References
- ^ Source: book "No questions asked the secret life of women in the Mob" by Clare Longrigg, pages 238-242)[1]
- ^ O`Brien, John (May 15, 1990). "Mob Chief Tocco Gets 200 Years". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "Albert Tocco, 77, Chicago Mob Boss, Dies". The New York Times. Associated Press. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
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