Greg Stejakal, a Retired FBI Agent talked at our RCAAN Luncheon on February 22, 2018.
Greg talked about the Detroit Mob in the time he was a FBI Agent.
Greg told the club on March 15, 1996, Jack Tocco and 16 alleged partnership members or associates were arrested. The government sought money for crimes, claiming that Tocco and four co-defendants were jointly and severally liable for $234,700 that had been collected in "street tax" extortions.
The government further claimed that Jack Tocco, Anthony Corrado, and Vito Giacalone, in addition to the $234,700 amount, were jointly and severally liable for $4.2 million in profits from the sale of two hotels in Las Vegas (the Frontier Hotel and the Edgewater Hotel), $1 million extorted from Sal Vitello, proceeds from the collection of unlawful gambling debts.
The district court concluded that the evidence presented by the government at trial did not provide, by a "preponderance of the evidence," a sufficiently quantified factual basis for assessing any forfeiture against the defendants.
The five defendants were charged, along with twelve other defendants, in a 25-count indictment relating to their alleged involvement in the Detroit branch of the national Mafia organization known as La Cosa Nostra.
Jack Tocco and Anthony Corrado were convicted on two counts of conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), one based on a pattern-of-racketeering-activity and one based upon the collection-of-unlawful-debts, and on one count of a Hobbs Act conspiracy.
Paul Corrado and Nove Tocco were convicted of the RICO pattern of racketeering activity conspiracy and the Hobbs Act conspiracy. Vito Giacalone pleaded guilty to the RICO collection of unlawful debts conspiracy.
Greg, is now retired and is a Rotarian for the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. He is currently President Elect for his club and will be President in 2018-2019.
Information for this story found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tocco
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Greg described, how he took this photo of Jack Tocco (center),
Vito Giacalone (left) and Anthony Corrado in 1979 as he was
investigating them in Washtenaw County.
.jpg "Greg Stejakal- Retired FBI Agent")