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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 allowed to buy a sliver of a Chicago park so he could expand the yard of a home he was building in Little ...

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.