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Article: The welcoming party at McCormick Place Crooked cops, thieves among hires; Workers include reputed mobsters, ghost payroller
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 9, 2004
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McCormick Place is called the nation's largest convention center,
but reputed Outfit guys, ex-cons and criminals have another name for
it:
A haven.
The kind of guys who populate a prison yard have been getting work
at McCormick Place for decades, especially through the small but
politically powerful riggers union that sets up some of Chicago's
biggest trade shows, including the Chicago Auto Show.
There's a man working there who has ties to reputed organized
crime figures and who helped run a heroin ring while locked up in
Leavenworth.
There's also a mobster's son, a convicted felon, who beat a murder
rap.
There's a guy who looted $40,000 from a Catholic church where he
worked on the side as ...