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This FBI file concerns Joseph Lombardo, a Chicago organized-crime figure known by several aliases, including 'Joey the Clown' and Joe Padula. The records span criminal-reference checks and intelligence reports from the 1960s, including gambling and 'juice' loan-sharking material, association reports, telephone inquiries, and a 1969 Illinois Crime Commission dossier. Chicago agents described Lombardo in 1972 as a former enforcer associated with Phil Alderisio, Anthony Spilotro, Frank Schweihs, and other Chicago Outfit figures; the file also records visits to his Universal Fiberglass business and related investigative leads. A 1972 airtel supplied Milwaukee with Lombardo's photograph and biographical data in connection with the gangland killing of Louis Martin Fazio, treating him as a suspect based on associations and reputation. A 1974 teletype concerns a federal fraud and obstruction-of-justice investigation involving Lombardo and others, and discusses the killing of a potential witness connected to the investigation.

FBI file number: 92-2940 | Documents span: 1963-1974 | Released in 3 parts
Names in this file: Joseph Lombardo, Louis Martin Fazio, Frank John Schweihs, Charles Vincent La Tour, Phil Alderisio, Anthony Spilotro, Frank Calabrese, Fiore Buccieri, Allen M. Dorfman, Ronald Eugene DeAngeles, Erwin S. Weiner, Daniel Seifert
Subjects: Chicago Outfit, organized crime, loan sharking, gangland homicide, fraud investigation, FBI surveillance