Live like a true American gangster!

Capone, the original 'Scarface' was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate.

The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931.

Capone's massive compound on Palm Island in Miami will hit the market in the next few days, but only modern-day robber barons could afford the USD 9.95 million asking price, the New York Daily News reported.

Capone bought the home at the height of his power in 1928 for just USD 40,000.

Last year, Peter Corsell, founder of the energy solutions conglomerate Grid Point, bought it for USD 5.65 million with the intention of fully restoring it to its original gangster grandeur.

The arcaded mansion sits on a huge, football-field-sized waterfront lot in Biscayne Bay.

"Two Versace South Beach villas could fit on this property," broker Jorge Alonso of Elliman Florida said.

"You step up to this huge pool. It's so glamorous," he added.

It has verandas, a recreation room, private dock, ornate plasterwork, and a black-and-gold Art Deco powder room that looks the same as when Capone used it.

The mansion has changed hands several times since 'Scarface' died there in 1947.

Ornate plasterwork is seen throughout, and though the colour of the awnings above each window has changed, they still remain as ray-stoppers.

And in case the new owner has a need to resort to the criminal ways of his predecessors, there is a private getaway dock for use.