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Coming from an Italian immigrant family, Alphonse Gabriel Capone definitely became famous, but for all the wrong reasons. Popularly known as Scarface, Al Capone went on to become famous (or infamous) as the leader of the Chicago Outfit, during the Prohibition era. Before he became the king of the crime scene, he was a Five Points Gang member who then later went on to become a bouncer. From there on, he became the bodyguard of Johnny Torrio, the head of a crime syndicate dealing in illegal alcohol.

Most of us have been told by our parents that it never pays to walk on the wrong side of the law. Crime never pays. This is a saying we have heard millions of times, threatening us that we should always be law-abiding citizens of the world. But if you look at the net worth and the lavish lifestyles of some of the crime bosses and the gang leaders, you will probably get to thinking whether all of this is actually true.