Rudy Fratto
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{{Short description|American gangster}}
{{Infobox criminal
| name = Rudy Fratto
| birth_name = Rudolph Fratto
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|12|12|mf=yes}}
| nationality =
| occupation = Mobster
| allegiance = Chicago Outfit
| criminal_charge = Tax evasion
Extortion
}}
Rudolph "Rudy" Fratto (born December 12, 1943) is an American mobster and high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit crime syndicate. He has been known as a member since at least 2002.
Chicago Outfit career
In 2002, the Chicago Sun-Times called Fratto a "reputed Elmwood Park street lieutenant."{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Warmbir |title=Hanhardt linked to mob hit plan: U.S. - Allegation told at former cop's sentence hearing |work=Chicago Sun-Times |page=1 |date=April 29, 2002 }} 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.{{cite news |first=John |last=Kass |title=What's in name? Maybe real pain for the Outfit |work=Chicago Tribune |page=2 |date=April 30, 2002 }}
In 2005, Fratto was identified in the 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.{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Warmbir |author2=Robert C. Herguth |title=Feds zero in on video poker kings // Court filing details conversations of alleged mob boss |work=Chicago Sun-Times |page=8 |date=February 20, 2005 }} 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.{{cite news |first=John |last=Chase |author2=Michael Higgins |title=FBI links casino, Stephens, mob - Rosemont mayor says he didn't hold meeting to discuss Emerald |work=Chicago Tribune |page=1 |date=July 19, 2005 }} The other bosses at the meeting were Joseph Lombardo, Joseph Andriacchi, John DiFronzo and Peter DiFronzo.
= 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.{{cite news |title=Reputed mobster charged in new case: Tax evasion |work=Chicago Tribune |page=18 |date=September 30, 2009 }} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/09/reputed-mobster-fratto-charged-in-new-federal-case.html|title = Chicago Breaking News - Chicago Tribune}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/ct-met-kass-0128-20100127,0,2927229,full.column |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-date=3 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203024354/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/ct-met-kass-0128-20100127,0,2927229,full.column |url-status=dead }} He was released in July 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Rudolph&Middle=&LastName=Fratto&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=67&y=14|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720085424/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Rudolph&Middle=&LastName=Fratto&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=67&y=14|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 20, 2012|title=Inmate Locator}} It was reported in May 2017 that Fratto had stopped paying the restitution since at least early 2016.{{cite news|title=Chicago mobster stiffs feds on restitution, suggests he's being gouged|url=http://abc7chicago.com/news/chicago-mobster-stiffs-feds-on-restitution-suggests-hes-being-gouged/1981759/|access-date=28 December 2017|agency=ABC Chicago|publisher=Chuck Goudie|date=May 11, 2017}}
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.{{cite news| url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-reputed-mobster-pleads-guilty-in-bidrigging-scheme-20111027,0,6661891.story | work=Chicago Tribune | first=Annie | last=Sweeney | title=Reputed mobster pleads guilty in bid-rigging scheme}} 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.{{cite news| url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-1-year-for-rudy-the-chin-fratto-in-mccormick-place-bidrigging-scheme-20120926,0,3289548.story | work=Chicago Tribune | first=Annie | last=Sweeney| title=1 year for Rudy 'the Chin' Fratto in bid-rigging scheme }}
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
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