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Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file The attorney and developer at the center of an embezzlement scandal at a failed bank in Bridgeport has a long history with City Hall and key political players, according to city records and court documents. Chicago attorney and developer Robert M. Kowalski is accused of embezzling at least $31 million from Washington Federal Bank for Savings, which operated in the political fiefdom of the Daley family for generations. Under Mayor Richard M. Daley, Kowalski was allowe...

In a sealed deposition, Janice Gembara Weston said John Gembara began bringing Marek Matczuk to the bank’s annual board meeting after the ouster of a board member.

The new revelation came after Thompson’s defense attorney, Chris Gair, again blasted the feds’ prosecution of Thompson and pushed for a trial as soon as this fall.

The new revelation came after Thompson’s defense attorney, Chris Gair, again blasted the feds’ prosecution of Thompson and pushed for a trial as soon as this fall.

Police consent decree monitor Maggie Hickey and chef Kevin Hickey are dealing with their late father’s losses from Washington Federal Bank for Savings’s shutdown.

Sun-Times file Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges related to a failed Bridgeport bank during an unusually contentious arraignment Thursday. Lawyers argued during the hearing — held by telephone before U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama — about whether Thompson should have to turn his passport over to the government while awaiting trial. The condition is routine for defendants charged in federal court. But defense attorney Chris Gair called it �...

John F. Gembara, grandson of the founder of Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Bridgeport, was found dead, reportedly of suicide, in a client’s home shortly before the bank was shuttered. 1913 was a good year for European immigrants and their children seeking home ownership on Chicago’s Southwest Side. That year saw the creation of two savings banks just three miles apart, one in Brighton Park and the other in Bridgeport. I know about the first one, Grunwald Savings, because it was ...

Washington Federal Bank for Savings President John F. Gembara was found dead in the home of Marek Matczuk, who now is among four new defendants in the growing bank fraud case. The man who owns the million-dollar Park Ridge home where a failed Bridgeport bank president’s dead body was discovered three years ago now faces criminal charges as the investigation into “massive fraud” at Washington Federal Bank for Savings expands. The homeowner, Marek Matczuk, is among four new defendants accus...

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Chicago alderman bought a summer home in New Buffalo, Michigan, with an unrecorded loan from Washington Federal Bank for Savings — and now is under investigation for claiming deductions on his tax returns for interest authorities found he never paid, sources tell the Sun-Times.