According to the Chciago Tribune, former Melrose Park Police Chief Vito Scavo used extortion and strong-armed tactics to force numerous organizations to hire guards from his private security firm. The list of companies forced to hire guards from Scavo's company were local bars and resturaunts, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Navistar and Kiddieland amusement park.
Additionally, many of these guards were on-duty policeman. Therefore, these policeman were bring paid twice, once by the city and once by the client.
Assistant U.S. Atty. Stephen Andersson said that a waste disposal company that was paying another security firm $17 an hour for a security guard was pressured into paying $45 per guard from Scavo's firm.
Scavo, police chief from 1996 to 2006, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, extortion, obstruction of justice, mail and wire fraud and filing false personal and corporate federal income tax returns.
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