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Joseph
Aiuppa was connected to the John Dillinger and Alvin Karpis
gangs in the 1930's, and was a member of the Al Capone
Mafia organization. He was associated with gambling and
prostitution activities in Cicero, Illinois, a suburb
of Chicago. Aiuppa was a partner in a company that built
and distributed slot machines. He was convicted in 1960
for failing to register as a dealer in gambling devices
and received a sentence of one year and a day. He owned
and/or operated several lounges and clubs in the Cicero
area. He was an avid hunter and was arrested in 1962 for
having approximately 550 game birds in his possession
on his return from a hunting trip to Kansas. The game
bird limit was 24.
