EVASION OF TAX ALLEGED
SCARFACE CAPONE INDICTED
“ENOUGH FOR 32 YEARS’ GAOL.”
TWO YEARS’ SECRET EXAMINATION.
By Telegraph—Presa Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. Chicago, June 5. After two years’ secret investigation the Government has secured an indictment against the gangster "Scarface” Al Capone for the evasion of income taxes amounting to £36,500. This and other charges are sufficient to gaol him for thirty-two years. Federal Treasury operatives examined 1000 persons to determine the gangster’s myriad financial affairs. Capone surrendered to the authorities later in the day and was released on £lO,OOO bail.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1931, Page 9
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