Organized Crime Figure. He was Chicago criminal known as "The Waiter." Paul Ricca was born in Naples, Italy as Felice DeLucia. By age 17, he was working for organized crime in Naples. After a series of killings and some prison time starting in 1917, he assumed the name Paolo Maglio and fled to the United States by way of Cuba. On August 10, 1920, he arrived in New York City and Americanized his name to Paul Ricca. While in Cuba, he had met Joseph "Diamond Joe" Esposito, a Chicago bootlegger and restaurant owner. Esposito brought him to Chicago and put him to work smuggling whiskey and moonshine liquor. He also appointed him as maitre d' at the Bella Napoli, Esposito's Chicago restaurant, which was the source of his nickname. He joined the South Side Gang, rose in the gang ranks, and he and Al Capone became good friends. In 1932, Capone was convicted of tax evasion and sent to federal prison. Capone's successor was Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, but he was the real power in the Outfit through the 1930s. In March of 1943, he, Nitti, and other mob leaders were indicted for extortion in connection to labor at Los Angeles movie studios. Nitti committed suicide to avoid prison, and he became the official boss of the Outfit. In December of 1943 he and his associates were sentenced to ten years to federal prison. He began his sentence at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta but appealed for a transfer to Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas, which finally happened in May 1945. In August 1947, the parole board released him and his co-defendants from prison on parole, but as a condition of his parole, he could have no contact with mobsters. He stayed in the background as a consultant, still exercising a great deal of control. In 1957, the federal government charged him with illegally entering the United States. The government had located the real Paul Maglio and brought him to testify, but he was never deported. In 1959, he was convicted of tax evasion, but after serving 27 months of his sentence, he was released. In 1965, he was again indicted for tax evasion, but was eventually acquitted.