Mobsters? In Chicago?
Rudy Fratto, long reputed to be a top operative for the Chicago Outfit, was arrested Friday at his Darien home on charges he rigged contracts to supply forklift trucks for a pair of trade shows at McCormick Place, the nation's largest convention center, with its own history of mob ties.
The new indictment alleged that Fratto saw an opportunity when a consultant for a Las Vegas exposition firm was on the hook with Cleveland organized-crime figures for $350,000. Fratto, nicknamed "the Chin" and "Uncle Rudy," cited his Outfit ties in offering to intervene with the Cleveland mobsters, prosecutors alleged, but in return Fratto wanted the consultant to leak confidential information on competitors' bids and help steer business to an associate.
The Outfit has long been entrenched at McCormick Place and in many of the unions and contractors that do business there.
[...] Among the factors that make McCormick Place a haven for the mob are its sheer size and the number of contracts and trade shows there, Wagner said.
Four years ago, the riggers union, whose members set up exhibits at McCormick Place, was under federal investigation after its boss, Fred Schreier, who was once married to the niece of the late mob boss Tony Accardo, pleaded guilty to taking a bribe.
Reputed mob-connected figures have also cashed in on contracts. The Duff family had a lucrative contract to clean McCormick Place after falsely claiming its firm was run by a woman.
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posted by SCC at 1:04 AM
62 Comments:
No, no, no, you have it all wrong!! EB said that there is no organized crime in Chicago. That is why OCD does not investigate it. That guy is just a colorful Italian American who has friends that all love Christopher Columbus. Don't make me send Paulie and Big Pussy over to convince you. Of the error of your ways. Thank you. Hanhardt rules!!
Pay inflated union wages to have a member plug in several extension cords so your exhibit will work ?
It's the Chicago way, seem shitty ? Thank the daley family of Crime & extortion. Now in the 2nd generation of mayors that allow & profit from this practice. I hope McCormick Place turns into a parking lot ! It won't keep the crooks from fucking the public. It's the daley way of doing buisness.
Dem guys ain't mobsters, dere union electricians & carpenters ! Dey got a right to earn a living after I get my cut.
Richard M. daley
aka: shortshanks
daley's comment on this: "It's just silly, silly , silly." Da mafia is a creation of the hollywood film makers. Dis don't really happen in Chicago. Someone is telling a big fib.
Shocking. I'm just appalled.
It goes right into City Hall, the
County Boardroom, the Statehouse, the Congress and the Whitehouse.
Obama is as crooked as the rest of the Democrats. He just didn't have time and was off limits to any real reporters investigations to make enough history. His criminal expertise is as a con-artist.
A suggestion to our Republican Gubernatorial candidate, I can't remember a Illinois governor who proposed a major tax increase and won re-election. Your TV commercials ought to link Quinn with Daley and his Chicago tax/ waste /spend / steal /bribe / borrow / cheat / cry broke policies. It will play well outside Chicago. Inside too, I think, Good Luck
Can you hear that Richie Shortshanks??? Thats the sound of you crying like a little girl when they come and get you as well!
Buh Bye!!
Sounds like 1st Ward politics from the past but now the past is also the present. Chicago politics never change and neither does the Daly's. Wake up Chicago and the media, finally do the right thing for Chicago
And the Greek Mafia has their arm up the back of Alexi Giannoulias's shirt and are controlling everything he says and does. This goof should step aside like Scott Lee Cohen. His true background is starting to come out and it is just as embarrassing!
On the other hand, Obama seems to be staunchly supporting him which may turn that seat over to Mark Kirk. Given that choice, Kirk or Giannoulias, it's Kirk all the way. A choice between Hoffman and Kirk and I go with Hoffman.
Listened to Channel 11 "Week In Review" and they felt that Alexi would NOT drop out, Madigan would NOT let Hoffman take his place, and that Madigan might push to have Little Lisa Madigan slated to run instead of Hoffman if Alexi DID withdraw.... Illinois politics, NEVER a dull moment ! ! !
I guess the guy with the hammer was NOT the cause of the price gouging that takes place there. Leave the little guy alone and start prosecuting all the big time thieves there.
they have such cute nicknames..
Hey........................
how YOU doin?
Ats nice.
They did get rid of the Vice unit ya know. They be doing something called hybridize OCD.
Just like all these parasites that are on these boards(like the Police board);none of these mobguys live in this city. The city's just a moneymaker for them....
Chicago Outfit, but he lives in Darien? I have to live in Chicago, why doesn't he ?
I believe this is the cousin Shortshank's old friend Tony Fratto [I think that's his first name]-11th Ward 26th Street guy. It always seems there's a link back to the Mayor. If it's so obvious to the casual observer why has it gone on as long as if has? I'm begining to wonder about Mr. Fitzgerald. Is it that Mayor Chucky has insulated himself so cleverly he can't be touched? Or is it as some have opined that the Little Guy is the eyes and ears of the US Attorney? Just wondering!!!
Rumor has it that on the Mayors mantlepiece is a very revered and special relic. Encased in a pure gold box, the pinky of the late Fred Roti. Rumor also has it that every year on the anniversary of his death various guys that the mayor doesn't know, or knows but aren't friends with, and various members of an outfit that dosen't exist gather and pay homage and kiss the ring upon that finger. In hopes of another fruitful year.
Daley is all mobbed up... The Russian cab driver owning all the cabs in the city. How the hell do you think he did that? It's called the Russian Mafia and Daley and his son Patrick are all wrapped up in that, even Ray Charles could see that. C'Mon G-Men. Take this guy down already!
Wonder if Fratto related to the Mayor Daley and John Daley HACK that is Stroger's chief of staff and runs the county pension fund? Former park district guy from Bridgeport. Gee I wonder??
Where do you think the concrete came from to build all them projects! foggetaboutit!
Hard to believe that shortshanks and booby rush were both snitches for the govenment in their time. One eliminated hampton and clark so he could be the big panther and the other does it to stay out of jail.
Fear not oz in vice now will solve all crime before its time. Brilliant.
Why isn't the U.S. Attorney investugating the Mob-Daley-Obama connections?
Anyone running against the Evil Little Man for Mayor should promise to open the city's books for a complete audit. But that would be like painting a target for the mob on your back.
Is OCD still around ? What a joke they are going after nickle and dime pushers . A step above 12th dist tact .
Chicago Outfit, but he lives in Darien? I have to live in Chicago, why doesn't he ?
Taxes in Chicago are to much...and Chicago has way to many section 8 mutts!
Eh Oh ewwwww
O/T....
I say if we get a bad contract we cause as much pain and mayhem as we can!
ZERO tollerance for ticket writing. Cause gridlock and write them for everything and anything often and as many times as you can.
Cause massive gridlock and traffic jams. Then always smile and wave while being polite. It worked in Ney York, why arent we untied??
I'm not defending the guy but what proof is there that this guy is in the mob? Because the G says so? We all know the government always tells the truth. I guess just because ur name ends in a vowel and you are accused of something you are automatically tagged w a mob connection.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Chicago Outfit, but he lives in Darien? I have to live in Chicago, why doesn't he ?
3/13/2010 08:06:00 AM
Good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous said...
Chicago Outfit, but he lives in Darien? I have to live in Chicago, why doesn't he ?
3/13/2010 08:06:00 AM
They said he was Elmwood Pk Outfit.
I love you fools who worship Hoffman the ulta-liberal. In not one interview will he say the anything critical of the king. Same idiots who cheered Quinn. The unions like minority groups have always blindly supported democrats and then bitch when republicans don't support them. To save our pension we will have to do what most places are doing 50% at any age. Or the system will go broke. Sorry maybe you should have gotten more involved in the process sooner rather than saving the ghetto.
I'm retired, but didn't Fat Phil get rid of the organized crime unit soon after he became Superintendent?
Maybe my memory is wrong.
As for the mob whaddidya expect?
When John Daley got married his wedding was covered by crime reporters because the bride was alleged to come from a mobbed up family. Think about that. When the son of then very alive Richard the First got married the society reporters took a back seat to the crime reporters.
Unfuckingbelievable.
This city needs to be put under federal control for a few years. Something akin to reconstruction in the south after the civil war.
Hey: Ain't Tony Fratto on 42 Extra Short's- AKA Shortshanks- on Shanks' bodyguard detail making Sgt.'s pay and sucking up all the SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT!!!!!!! FUCK U TONY. Another connected fuck of Shortshnks'.
What ever happened to the "Blue ribbon" panel investigation of the connection between Daley and the Duff"Family" ?
Witnesses had him at at fuction with his arm around one of the Duff's introducing him as "our friend"!
Two 3 paragraph stories in the Sun-Times and then,obscurity !!
Business as usual ?!!!
duh mare better talk to Madigan and make a pitch for Hoffman stepping into Alexi's spot on the ticket, if Alexi does the honorable thing and drops out, otherwise, it is Mayor Hoffman in 2011! I hope that greasy little shit, duh mare, is sweating out it right now!
JUST SILLY,SILLY,SILLY , ITS SILLY
OFF Topic But RAI in 132 u do not have 20 years on the job. Get rid of the star boy cause u making us look like u have more time then us u fool.
Is that why Gannon is retiring? before the feds come calling! or did they already?
Anonymous said...
Pay inflated union wages to have a member plug in several extension cords so your exhibit will work ?
It's the Chicago way, seem shitty ? Thank the daley family of Crime & extortion. Now in the 2nd generation of mayors that allow & profit from this practice. I hope McCormick Place turns into a parking lot ! It won't keep the crooks from fucking the public. It's the daley way of doing buisness.
3/13/2010 01:23:00 AM
If it was not for unions we would be working for nothing. You can the Crook Mayor and all his Mobster Pals but unions are what built this country.If you think otherwise you are an idiot.
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that organized crime is going on in here!"
Mayor Daley when he heard about it
OK, once again, here it goes....
Q: How many Teamster electricians does it take to change a light bulb at McCormick Place?
A: Turty-tree... you got a problem wit dat?
daley= head of the chicago outfit, over by dere!
OT-
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUYING SAWED-OFF SHOTGUNS
"March 11, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A week from Monday, a shipment of combat-ready shotguns is due to arrive in Chicago, destined for what would seem to be an unlikely recipient: the United States Department of Education."
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7326068
Eat lead, kindergarteners! No Child Left Behind! Race For The Top!
Guns/schools/good/bad/good/bad/good/bad...TILT! RESET! RESET! RESET! This has gotta be driving the ninny-nannies bonkers.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Hey: Ain't Tony Fratto on 42 Extra Short's- AKA Shortshanks- on Shanks' bodyguard detail making Sgt.'s pay and sucking up all the SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT!!!!!!! FUCK U TONY. Another connected fuck of Shortshnks'.
3/13/2010 01:58:00 PM
No. Fratto is at the County making a ton of money. That is Mr 42 short's guy.
What is all the turmoil in SWAT?
Do tell!
Am I the only one that noticed the chubby Leprechaun driving Eddie B.?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
It goes right into City Hall, the
County Boardroom, the Statehouse, the Congress and the Whitehouse.
Obama is as crooked as the rest of the Democrats. He just didn't have time and was off limits to any real reporters investigations to make enough history. His criminal expertise is as a con-artist.
A suggestion to our Republican Gubernatorial candidate, I can't remember a Illinois governor who proposed a major tax increase and won re-election. Your TV commercials ought to link Quinn with Daley and his Chicago tax/ waste /spend / steal /bribe / borrow / cheat / cry broke policies. It will play well outside Chicago. Inside too, I think, Good Luck
3/13/2010 05:40:00 AM
Oh yeah, the Republicans are going to save us from our problems. Both parties are corrupt to the core.
I wonder how many of these guys showed at the BANKS funeral?
Hey, howz tha fckin cuppa coffee? Dont make me wac youz.
Look at Greece that country is a product of welfare mutts gone wild. Ireland not far behind. These euro's make our ghetto losers look like hard workers. Europe is done. Only Germany is still somewhat productive, the rest of Europe is useless. These dogs to lazy and balless to even sell dope. We should sell Greece to Turkey.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUYING SAWED-OFF SHOTGUNS
"March 11, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A week from Monday, a shipment of combat-ready shotguns is due to arrive in Chicago, destined for what would seem to be an unlikely recipient: the United States Department of Education."
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7326068
Eat lead, kindergarteners! No Child Left Behind! Race For The Top!
The CPD tried to get these same guns, but the Policy Group and Ray Ray said NO. Rifles only. So they could play army. Doucebag. Cant wait for this asshole's contract to be up.
"I say if we get a bad contract we cause as much pain and mayhem as we can!
ZERO tollerance for ticket writing. Cause gridlock and write them for everything and anything often and as many times as you can.
Cause massive gridlock and traffic jams. Then always smile and wave while being polite. It worked in Ney York, why arent we untied??
3/13/2010 10:52:00 AM"
because a nut case like yourself shouldn't ever be 'untied'.
To 11:37:00 AM:
Did you know that sometimes the letter Y, as is DaleY, is considered a vowel?
Fear not oz in vice now will solve all crime before its time. Brilliant.
3/13/2010 09:52:00 AM
Watch your ass with this psychopath. Ask anyone in 189.
Off topic: Isn't it a little disconcerting, to say the least, when the second in command of the CPD can only receive positive press....from Crain's Chicago
Business? Since when does a paper with limited
readership that writes news of about business and
finance begin writing articles about our Command personnel? The very fact that Masters receives positive press only through that publication says a lot, doesn't it?
The silence from the Tribune and Sun Times about his abilities is deafening.
It's all legit one guys co. Phil Stefani gets the lease for a restaurant at Navy Pier (Riva) and exclusive catering rights to any event at the ballroom, sales at the beer garden and just in case it's not enough exclusive catering rights to anything in Crystal Gardens built with taxpayer $$.Thats a 4 bagger just like the 4 time merits at CPD. Det. Sgt. Lt. Commander. But at least the Pier makes a profit unlike the disaster McCormick waste of space.
Gee whiz Mayor. Why are the trade shows not returning to Capistrano along the lake and going to places like the desert instead? A month ago the little idiot in his stupid urban manhat ( or is it asshat?) was blustering on the tv news about some new contract with a union at McCormick Place, proclaiming for all to hear how competitive labor would be now. HA HA Asshole. I have a hunch a bunch of new shit birds are going to be competing for the affections of George Ryan in the Federal Correctional System.
Things will be fine at McCormick place and Navy pier. Terry Hilliard is on the case. He was hired to investigate things at McPier and offer streamling suggestions. Things will be just fine!!
Nothing is going to happen! They will throw Fratto under the bus as the "fall guy!" There, ya happy now! Back to "business as usual!" Mayor Daley: "We ain't gonna steal no more and we're real sorry about this misunderstanding.Me involved? That's just silly! Im da mayor, why would I be involved?" Barack O'Bama: "I got your back, Richie!"
again.. how many of you do not vote?
I'm not defending the guy but what proof is there that this guy is in the mob? Because the G says so? We all know the government always tells the truth. I guess just because ur name ends in a vowel and you are accused of something you are automatically tagged w a mob connection.
3/13/2010 11:37:00 AM
Wow. Just wow.
This guy was not randomly picked because he had a vowel at the end of his name. This guy has been identified by a made guy with a vowel at the end of his name (Mario Rainone) as being a made guy.
Following your logic, I guess the Feds are unfairly targeting hispanics for being part of the drug cartel.
Is OCD still around ? What a joke they are going after nickle and dime pushers . A step above 12th dist tact .
3/13/2010 10:28:00 AM
Hahahaha now thats funny......and true
My God!!!!! This whole fucking city, county, and state are so corrupt, when will the feds just final step in and basically declare marshal law, take over, rip it all apart, and start from scratch???!!! The people of the State of Illinois plead with their country's government, and help us get out from this oppressive, tyrannical, and out of control regime. No one person, or even the will of the people can overthrow this systematic corruption. It needs federal intervention!!!! Oh shit!!! I forgot, the very President of this country was spawned in this cesspool of filth, and damnation. God help this country!!!!
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