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Scarface” Al Capone

By John L. Smith, Las Vegas Review Journal

Although his name is largely lost to history, Elmer Irey was one of the war on the mob’s all-time good guys.

Irey led the Treasury’s fight against “Scarface” Al Capone and eventually brought down America’s most notorious gangster with a crew of studious accountant types. Nailed for tax evasion, Capone was convicted in 1931 and sentenced to 11 years in prison. read more Here