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Reputed mob debt collector's recordings read like low-grade gangster script
Paul Carparelli
Paul Carparelli, left, of Itasca, drops off his dry cleaning to Tom O'Brien, owner of O'Brien the Cleaner, on April 20, 2010, in Berwyn. (Chuck Berman / Chicago Tribune 2010)
Jason MeisnerContact Reporter
Chicago Tribune
Paul Carparelli may have fancied himself a rising star in the Chicago Outfit, but by his own admission he made a pretty lousy firefighter.

In 2012, Carparelli, a reputed debt collector for the mob's Cicero faction, was caught on undercover federal recordings talking about his unsuccessful stint as a firefighter in sleepy west suburban Bloomingdale in the 1990s.