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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

Ex-Cook County judge, accused of stealing decorated Tuskegee Airman’s life savings, is ordered to pay $1.2 million

Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin poses for a photograph verifying her identity with a cryptocurrency exchange. (Cook County court records)

Oscar Wilkerson Jr. lived a rich life, serving with the trailblazing Tuskegee Airmen during World War II before settling in Chicago’s south suburbs and eventually being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

As he grew old, his health deteriorated, and his finances were placed in the hands of Patricia Martin, a former Cook County judge who’s a niece of his former wife.

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