Dominic Cortina was an American mobster and high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization, who oversaw gambling.
12 Facts About Dominic Cortina
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In 1963, Dominic Cortina was among associates of the Chicago Outfit named at a United States Senate hearing.
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In 1970, Dominic Cortina was convicted of federal gambling charges for operating a gambling business across state lines.
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On June 22,1989, Dominic Cortina was arrested at his home and charged with conspiring with six others to engage in loan sharking, robbery, insurance fraud, gambling and the illegal import of cars into this country from Europe.
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Dominic Cortina, who had maintained a home in Naples, Florida, was accused in the indictment of racketeering conspiracy, plotting a home invasion in which an expensive diamond ring was taken, running a bookmaking operation and cheating the government out of payment of tens of thousands of dollars in customs duties on so-called "grey market" cars imported from West Germany.
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Dominic Cortina was alleged to have supervised offices on Chicago's West Side and in its west suburbs that were used to take bets on professional and college football, basketball and baseball games.
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Dominic Cortina was released from federal prison in 1992, and later returned to federal prison after being convicted of other charges.
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Dominic Cortina was released from federal prison for good on April 6,1995.
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Dominic Cortina never was associated with the violent faction of organized crime.
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The house backed up to a hotel parking lot, and investigators speculate that Dominic Cortina preferred the location because the location would make it more difficult for investigators to learn who was coming to see him.
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Dominic Cortina sold that house in 1994 for $710,000 and moved into a condominium unit nearby.
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Dominic Cortina died on November 19,1999, of cancer in a Chicago-area hospice.