Vito William Giacalone
Investigated by the Detroit Organized Crime Strike Force from 1990 or 1992, he pleaded guilty in 1998 to a RICO conspiracy count of the 1996 Detroit indictment; the Sixth Circuit directed forfeiture of $1,234,700 against him in 2000.
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- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records and the filed newspaper pages state.
On the record
- 1990/1992 — United States v. Forman (6th Cir. 1995 and 1999): the Organized Crime Strike Force in Detroit began an investigation of Vito Giacalone and his attorney (the 1995 opinion says 1992, the 1999 opinion 1990). The 1995 opinion: "Giacalone has been publicly identified as a reputed leader of the Detroit mafia." That is the court's report of reputation, not a finding.
- 1992 — United States v. Corrado, 227 F.3d 528: indicted in 1992 for inducing Theodore Forman, a Justice Department attorney, to turn over grand jury material; he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, and "Giacalone served a three-year sentence for his crime."
- 1998-01-05 — United States v. Corrado, 227 F.3d 528: "Giacalone pled guilty to count two of the indictment (RICO conspiracy based upon the collection of unlawful debts), in return for the dismissal of all remaining charges." The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of his motion to dismiss.
- 2000-09-27 — United States v. Corrado, 227 F.3d 543: "Silverio (Sal) Vitello testified that he paid Vito Giacalone $1,000 per week for about 10 years to assure labor peace." The court directed forfeiture against him of $234,700 plus $1,000,000, "for a total of $1,234,700."
No family or role is set. The opinions describe him as “a reputed leader of the Detroit mafia,” which reports public identification and is not a finding, and his guilty plea was to a RICO conspiracy count, not to a rank. No filed record gives his birth or death.
Records
itemUnited States v. Corrado, 227 F.3d 528 (6th Cir. 2000)Sixth Circuit opinion of August 24, 2000 in the appeals of Paul Corrado, Nove Tocco and Vito William Giacalone, three codefendants convicted of RICO conspiracy 'as alleged members of the Detroit Mafia'; it vacated two convictions pending a hearing on jury tampering and affirmed the denial of Giacalone's motion to dismiss.itemUnited States v. Corrado, 227 F.3d 543 (6th Cir. 2000)Sixth Circuit opinion of September 27, 2000 on the government's appeal from a forfeiture judgment of nothing against five Detroit RICO defendants; it directed forfeiture of $1,234,700 each against Jack Tocco and Vito Giacalone, jointly and severally.itemUnited States v. Forman, 71 F.3d 1214 (6th Cir. 1995)Sixth Circuit opinion of December 21, 1995 reversing the criminal-contempt conviction of Theodore Forman, a Justice Department tax attorney who copied a confidential report from the investigation of Vito Giacalone. The court notes that Giacalone 'has been publicly identified as a reputed leader of the Detroit mafia'.itemUnited States v. Forman, 180 F.3d 766 (6th Cir. 1999)Sixth Circuit opinion of June 21, 1999 on Theodore Forman's interlocutory appeal from the denial of his motion to dismiss a new charge of converting government records; it recounts the 1,200-page IRS report from the Detroit investigation of Vito Giacalone, 'a reputed leader of the Detroit mafia', and affirms.