Even when old money makes things go bad, society continues to accept them because they received their fortune morally. Most people who have new money have earned their money by smuggling alcohol. The Great Gatsby is set in the Prohibition era. In 1919 the government passed the Prohibition Act which banned alcohol to promote an ethical lifestyle. Furthermore, the law was passed to reduce crime in the United States. The concept that crime will decrease by stopping alcohol consumption backfired on organized crime stems from this law. Al Capone is a great example of a new money person associated with organized crime. Capone was an active member of the Chicago Mafia during the Prohibition era. He viewed Prohibition as a boon to making a huge amount of money. Capone is comparable to Meyer Wolfsheim, the gambler who fixed the 1919 World Series (Fitzgerald 73). Like Wolfsheim, Al Capone was never convicted of the crimes he allegedly took part in. Eventually, Capone was arrested for tax evasion. In a way, Gatsby is very similar to Al Capone. The novel never specifically states where Gatsby got his money, although it is implied that it is in the bootlegging business and that is how he became rich in a short period of time; with the help of the twenty-five thousand dollars inherited from Dan Cody, the man changed Jay Gatz and created Jay Gatsby (Fitzgerald 100). However, both men came from a low-income family, and despite not earning money in a noble way, they made a name for themselves and everyone knew who they were.