11 Facts About Richard Cain

Richard Cain, known as Richard Scalzitti, was a notoriously corrupt Chicago police officer and a close associate of Mafia boss Sam Giancana.

Richard Cain joined the US Army at the age of 17 and was stationed in the United States Virgin Islands from 1947 to 1950.

In media interviews, Richard Cain alluded to having been deported from Mexico in 1961 following an arrest for taking part in unauthorized CIA operations to train Cuban-Americans for the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Richard Cain returned to Chicago in early 1962 to support Ogilvie in his campaign for Cook County Sheriff.

In 1964, Richard Cain was fired for lying to a grand jury regarding his involvement in a scheme to re-sell confiscated drugs back to known criminals.

Richard Cain was convicted of perjury and served six months in prison concurrent with a four-year sentence from 1968 for being an accessory to bank robbery.

Richard Cain became a key figure in Giancana's money skimming from casinos in Central America and Iran.

On December 20,1973, Richard Cain was killed by masked gunmen in Rose's Sandwich Shop in Chicago.

Witnesses reported that no more than 15 minutes before the attack Richard Cain had been talking with four other men who were not present when the gunmen arrived.

At the time of the gunmen's arrival, Richard Cain was seen talking with an unidentified woman in black.

Richard Cain was interred in the Scully family mauseoleum at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.