After a chaotic mistrial earlier this month, a federal juice loan extortion case with ties to a larger probe of the Chicago Outfit ended Monday when prosecutors announced they were dropping all charges. Gene “Gino” Cassano, 55, and Gioacchino “Jack” Galione, 47, were indicted in 2021 on charges of conspiring to collect a debt by… Continue reading Federal juice-loan case with alleged mob links is dropped
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Organized crime links seen in troubled federal case
The first objection in the recent extortion trial of Addison businessman Gene “Gino” Cassano came about five seconds into opening statements, when a prosecutor mentioned the term “juice loan.” Three days later, the proceedings abruptly ended in a mistrial after an FBI agent testified he was assigned to investigate “organized crime,” a term the judge… Continue reading Organized crime links seen in troubled federal case