‘Do You Paint Houses?’ Chicago-Area Gambling Ring Used Coded Mob-Style Murder Language, Feds Say
Posted on: May 20, 2026, 06:15h. Last updated on: May 20, 2026, 06:17h. Collecting gambling debts allegedly involved euphemistic murder language FBI raids exposed major Chicago Outfit-linked gambling and extortion network Prosecutors cite “paint houses” texts as evidence of dangerous intimidation One of the defendants in a sprawling Chicago-area illegal gambling case told the operation’s…

