Rudy Fratto

Rudolph "Rudy" Fratto (born December 12, 1943) has been identified by federal authorities and several Chicago newspapers as a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit Gang.

Chicago Outfit career

In 2002, the Chicago Sun-Times called Fratto a "reputed Elmwood Park street lieutenant."[1] His name had come up during a sentencing hearing for a former Chicago police Chief of Detectives, in which Fratto was shown on FBI surveillance tapes to have held meetings with the former Chief of Detectives.[2]

In 2005, Fratto was identified in the Chicago Sun-Times as having met with Michael "Mickey" Marcello, the half-brother of reputed mob boss James Marcello, to approve efforts by the Marcellos to take over the video poker in several Chicago suburbs, including Cicero and Berwyn.[3] Later that year, Fratto was reported to have been one of five mob bosses at a meeting at an Elmwood Park, Illinois restaurant with the mayor of Rosemont, Illinois. At that meeting they discussed how the Chicago Outfit would control contracts at a casino in Rosemont, according to testimony by FBI agent John Mallul.[4] The other bosses at the meeting were Joseph Lombardo, Joseph Andriacchi, John DiFronzo and Peter DiFronzo.

Recent indictments and convictions

In September 2009, Fratto was indicted on tax evasion charges for allegedly not having reported nearly $200,000 in income in 2005.[5] Also in 2009, Fratto and John DiFronzo were alleged in a civil lawsuit by Joseph Fosco, the son of late Teamsters treasurer Armando Fosco, to have tried to extort $400,000 from Fosco.[6]

Fratto subsequently was convicted for evading federal income tax payments for seven years. On January 27, 2010, he was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $141,000.[7] He was released in July 2011.[8] It was reported in May 2017 that Fratto had stopped paying the restitution since at least early 2016.[9]

On October 27, 2011, Fratto pleaded guilty in a separate bid-rigging scheme involving forklift contracts for two trade exhibitions at a large exposition center in Chicago.[10] On September 26, 2012, Judge Harry Daniel Leinenweber sentenced Fratto to about 1 year in federal prison, which was significantly less than the up to 2 years in prison that federal sentencing guidelines had called for.[11]

Personal

Fratto is the nephew of Louis Fratto, an associate of Al Capone and reputed Des Moines, Iowa mob boss from 1930 until 1967. Fratto was reportedly made in 1988. Possibly in the same ceremony as Salvatore "Solly D" DeLaurentis and John "Pudgy" Matassa. He lives in Darien, Illinois.

References

  1. ^ Warmbir, Steve (29 April 2002). "Hanhardt linked to mob hit plan: U.S. - Allegation told at former cop's sentence hearing". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 1.
  2. ^ Kass, John (30 April 2002). "What's in name? Maybe real pain for the Outfit". Chicago Tribune. p. 2.
  3. ^ Warmbir, Steve; Robert C. Herguth (20 February 2005). "Feds zero in on video poker kings // Court filing details conversations of alleged mob boss". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 8.
  4. ^ Chase, John; Michael Higgins (19 July 2005). "FBI links casino, Stephens, mob - Rosemont mayor says he didn't hold meeting to discuss Emerald". Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Reputed mobster charged in new case: Tax evasion". Chicago Tribune. 30 September 2009. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Chicago Breaking News - Chicago Tribune".
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Inmate Locator". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Chicago mobster stiffs feds on restitution, suggests he's being gouged". Chuck Goudie. ABC Chicago. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. ^ Sweeney, Annie. "Reputed mobster pleads guilty in bid-rigging scheme". Chicago Tribune.
  11. ^ Sweeney, Annie. "1 year for Rudy 'the Chin' Fratto in bid-rigging scheme". Chicago Tribune.