John Michael Caifano's Kevo

John Michael Caifano (a.k.a. Marshall Caifano, John Marshall, Michael Heale, etc.) and his brother "Fat Lennie" emerged as kingpins of the Chicago crime syndicate in the early 1950s. After Lennie was killed, Caifano took over Chicago gambling operations in Las Vegas. Caifano was a prime suspect in more than ten murders, including that of Russian Louis Strauss in 1953.

In his early years in Chicago, Caifano shot gambling rival Frank Quotrocci in the head at a downtown tavern, but avoided arrest. Police mistakenly arrested Matt Capone for the murder when they found a hat bearing the initials "MC" in the street.

Caifano established autonomy over his gambling turf in the uptown neighborhood of Chicago. He was a suspect in at least ten other mob related murders including that of Estelle Carey, a Chicago cocktail waitress who was involved with Nick Circella, a member of the Willie Bioff movie extortion ring. The young woman was tied to a chair in her apartment and set on fire when the mob suspected Circella of saying too much to the government. The murder was never solved.

In March of 1980, Caifano was arrested and convicted of interstate transportation of stolen securities in West Palm Beach. He is currently imprisoned in the federal penitentiary at Sandstone, Minnesota where he is serving two concurrent twenty year sentences.
Work History
1951 Caifano took over the Chicago gambling operations in Las Vegas. 1968 the mob stole a large number of stock certificates from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, and Caifano agreed to help them dispose of the hot properties upon his release from jail.

1975, Caifano and five other men transported 2,000 Westinghouse stock certificates worth $4 Million from Chicago to Florida.