In the late 1950s, Chicago Outfit boss Tony Accardo was linked to a beer distribution arrangement involving Fox Head Brewing that paid him an estimated $65,000 annually—an enormous sum at the time. The payments were routed through Premium Beer Sales and justified by claims that Accardo oversaw a network of roughly 100 salesmen operating across Chicago. The structure echoed an earlier 1956 meeting in Forest Park, Illinois, where Outfit figures like Murray Humphreys helped establish similar “on paper” employment roles for associates such as Jackie Cerone. Investigators later found little evidence that such a sales force meaningfully existed, highlighting how organized crime often relied on convincing business narratives as much as actual operations.