Al Capone

Nicknamed Scarface for the mark left by a knife cut to his left cheek, Al Capone ranks as one of the most powerful gangsters in American history. Capone controlled most of Chicago’s large-scale criminal activities in the 1920s. After defeating several serious murder charges, Capone spent eight years in prison after a federal jury convicted him on a charge of income tax evasion.

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