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A 10-page memo Tuesday offered few new details about Link’s cooperation or crime, but it showed the value of Link’s undercover work to the feds.
Federal prosecutors have recommended a sentence of probation for ex-state Sen. Terry Link on tax-related charges, citing his extensive undercover work in a high-profile bribery investigation that included wearing a wire against a fellow colleague in the state legislature. Link, of Vernon Hills, pleaded guilty in September 2020 to failing to report income on his tax returns to the IRS and ...
Link testified that he’d withdrawn money from his campaign account and “used some for gambling.” He also told jurors that “I was helping a friend who was in dire need.”
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A Chicago mob figure was sentenced Monday to four months in federal prison for participating in a Social Security scam by falsely claiming he’d earned wages from a series of phony or failed businesses.