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Was Al Capone tried for mob activities?

Although Alphonse Capone, known as "Scarface" Al Capone (1899–1947), was a notorious gangster, he was tried for tax evasion, not for operating a crime syndicate (organized group of criminals; also called a mob). During the 1920s in Chicago, Illinois, Capone and his men engaged in such illegal activities as gambling, prostitution, murder, and selling bootleg alcohol. Frequently they committed brutal murders, terrorizing local citizens. When the Chicago police could find no grounds for arresting Capone, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) took over the case and charged the gangster with not paying enough income taxes. In October 1931 Capone's case was tried in a Chicago courtroom. He was found guilty on five counts of tax evasion and sentenced to spend eleven years in prison. He also was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and $30,000 in court costs. Capone was held in the Cook...

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