Investigations

On February 14, 2012, Anthony Capello, owner of Diamond Coring, in Chicago, Illinois, was charged in U.S. District Court in Chicago, with violating one count of mail fraud in a scheme to use a front Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) on government contracts. 

From about 1999 until about May 2006, Mr. Capello operated and controlled the operations of The Stealth Group Inc. (SGI), a false front DBE allegedly owned by his wife.  As a result, Mr. Capello used SGI to wrongly obtain more than $2.3 million in government contracts where a Women's Business Enterprise/DBE was required. 

This investigation was worked with the cooperation of the FBI, Department of Labor/OIG, City of Chicago/OIG, and the USAO. 

Note:  Indictments, informations, and criminal complaints are only accusations by the Government.  All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.