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{{Short description|American mobster}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|01|28}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]],
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|11|19|1925|01|28}}
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| other_names = Big Dom, Large, The Hat
| charge = [[Gambling]], [[Loan sharking]], [[robbery]], [[insurance fraud]], [[conspiracy]]▼
| occupation = [[Gangster]], member of [[Chicago Outfit]]▼
| conviction_penalty = 3 years (for gambling), 21 months (for insurance fraud and conspiracy)▼
| conviction_status = Deceased
▲| occupation = [[Gangster]], member of [[Chicago Outfit]]
| spouse = Jody Cortina
| children = Pam Cortina, Vicki Annecca, Michael Cortina
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▲| charge = [[Gambling]], [[
▲| conviction_penalty = 3 years (for gambling), 21 months (for insurance fraud and conspiracy)
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'''Dominic Cortina''' (January 28, 1925 – November 19, 1999) was
==Chicago Outfit career==
In the late 1940s, Cortina famously purchased a [[cigarette tax stamp]] machine and reported it stolen. Before it surfaced, millions of dollars in bogus tax stamps had been run off for the mob.<ref
In 1963, Cortina was among associates of the [[Chicago Outfit]] named at a [[United States Senate]] hearing.<ref
In 1970, Cortina was convicted of federal gambling charges for operating a gambling business across state lines. He was sentenced to three years in prison.<ref name="Breslin 10">{{cite news |first=Meg McSherry |last=Breslin |
In 1982, an Illinois legislative investigating committee linked a bingo parlor on Chicago's Northwest Side to Cortina and another reputed syndicate gambling figure, William McGuire.<ref>{{cite news |first=Art |last=Petacque
By the mid-1980s, Cortina was operating a highly successful sports betting empire along with
In 1987, Cortina and Angelini were sent by
On June 22, 1989, Cortina was arrested at his home and charged with conspiring with six others to engage in loan sharking, robbery, insurance fraud, gambling and the illegal import of cars into this country from Europe.
On November 8, 1989, Cortina, Angelini and an associate,
On March 21, 1990, United States District Judge [[Nicholas John Bua]] sentenced Cortina and Angelini each to 21 months in prison and ordered each one to pay the $1,210 monthly cost of his imprisonment.
Cortina was released from federal prison in 1992, and later returned to federal prison after being convicted of other charges. He was released from federal prison for good on April 6, 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Dominic&Middle=&LastName=Cortina&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0|title=Inmate Locator|access-date=2009-03-02|archive-date=2011-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525113310/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Dominic&Middle=&LastName=Cortina&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Cortina never was associated with the violent faction of organized crime. In fact, he and Angelini were known for not strong-arming clients but instead for treating them politely. In some cases, prosecutors said, the duo even suggested that their clients give up gambling for their own well-being.<ref
==Personal life==
In August 1988, Cortina moved into a one-story home on Windsor Drive in [[Oak Brook, Illinois]].
Cortina died on November 19, 1999, of cancer in a Chicago-area hospice.<ref
Cortina was survived by his wife, Jody; two daughters, Pam Cortina and Vicki Annecca; a son, Michael; and five grandchildren Michelle Cortina, Joseph Cortina, Christine
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Chicago Outfit}}
{{American Mafia}}
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