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A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia pleaded guilty to transporting millions of dollars' worth of stolen Masters memorabilia.
Barbara Glusak, who was Washington Federal Bank for Savings' chief financial officer, kept sounding the alarm about falsified loan records, court records show. But no one heeded the warning, allowing an embezzlement scheme at the bank to continue for six more years.
Four letters written by Vallas and others in Burke's case became public Tuesday at the urging of the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Public Media. Burke is set to be sentenced June 24 following his conviction for racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion.