One year since Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11th) was convicted of cheating on his income taxes in a case involving clout-heavy Washington Federal Bank for Savings, another trial is about to get underway that holds the promise of revealing more secrets about the Bridgeport bank.
In Thompson’s trial, the failure of the bank — which was shut down in late 2017 after a massive fraud scheme was uncovered — was at the periphery of the case.
