While Rod Blagojevich was governor, powerful businessman Tony Rezko secretly funneled a sham $40,000 brokerage fee to Patti Blagojevich that helped bankroll remodeling work on the couple's Northwest Side home, prosecutors charged Wednesday.
A newly released, 91-page filing from federal prosecutors alleges that Rezko worked behind the scenes to move the money to Patti Blagojevich on top of another nearly $100,000 he paid in bogus monthly fees to keep the former governor's wife happy.
At the same time, Rezko increasingly held sway over Blagojevich's administration, with Rezko and his associates being put in position to benefit from state hiring, health care and even …
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