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Despite the fact that he is perhaps one of the world's most famous gangsters, Al Capone wasn't first imprisoned for bootlegging, racketeering or the gangland execution of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. Instead, Capone was first imprisoned for tax evasion. Whether you're a law abiding citizen or a tax dodging criminal, there's something eerily omniscient about the taxman. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article by Laura Saunders, our all-seeing state revenue agents have increased their power to catch tax evaders through Facebook, MySpace and Google.