Tim Novak

Rosallie Corvite ended up with one of the lightest punishments of the 16 people charged after federal regulators closed Washington Federal Bank for Savings in 2017, days after the bank’s CEO, John Gembara was found dead in a customer’s home.

Though Alex Pissios, who once headed up Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, denies either man was cheated, he has failed to get both lawsuits thrown out of court.

“We do not bill interest or penalty in the event of an assessor error,” says an aide to Assessor Fritz Kaegi. The agency’s records show it’s made them on 287 properties.

Lisa Duarte, now a high-profile lobbyist, says she's a victim of Jawad Fakroune, who's accused of shaking down a Lincoln Park restaurateur, but won’t say why she paid nearly $20K in property taxes on a Lemont estate where Fakroune lived that was raided by FBI.

“The values are going down downtown. Residential is going to take on a greater share of the tax bill,” an expert says, which could have broader implications for Chicago’s future.

That's how much taxpayers had to pay when the University of Illinois pulled the plug on plans for its Discovery Partners Institute research hub at the sprawling 62-acre South Loop site being marketed as The 78.

A Sun-Times investigation had shown that Armando Saleh and other Cook County homeowners were getting tax breaks that are allowed only for a person's principal residence on multiple properties.

One key player was recently given nearly 13 years in prison after being convicted of embezzling almost $6 million from Washington Federal Bank for Savings, and a half dozen others are awaiting sentencing.

The Cook County assessor's move was prompted by a Sun-Times investigation that found the owner of a Winnetka mansion is getting the biggest tax savings on the "senior freeze" — over $67,000 this year — and that Kaegi is still wrongly granting breaks to businesses and to individuals who claimed it…

Chicago's City Hall inspector general said Benchmark Construction lied about being a city-based business and proposed banning the company from getting City Hall contracts. A top aide to Mayor Brandon Johnson ignored that recommendation.