December 25, 1937 - Joseph Scalise
A senior figure in the Chicago Outfit, Scalise built a career that spanned both organized crime and audacious international theft — most notably the 1980 heist in which he stole the Marlborough diamond in London. His trajectory from street-level mob work to a high-profile transatlantic jewel robbery illustrates the reach that established crime organizations could extend during that era. He was ultimately convicted on racketeering charges and sentenced to over eight years in federal prison.
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Joseph Jerome "Jerry" Scalise (born December 25, 1937) is a Chicago mobster and a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization. He is most known for stealing the Marlborough diamond in London in 1980, and also for serving as a technical advisor on the 2009 film Public Enemies.
On August 29, 2012, Scalise was sentenced in a Chicago federal court to 106 months in prison after pleading guilty in January 2012 to racketeering.
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