body: Al Capone was convicted of failing to file a tax return. 
  
  
  According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone):
  
  
  
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  > Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt recognized that
  >  mob figures publicly led lavish lifestyles yet **never filed tax
  >  returns**, and thus could be convicted of tax evasion without requiring
  >  hard evidence to get testimony about their other crimes.
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  These days, if you file late, you get penalized financially, not go to prison.
  
  
  Would Al Capone's crime merit imprisonment today?
  
  
  
title: Would Al Capone be convicted today?