Woman gets three years for helping brother hide more than $300,000 after collapse of Bridgeport bank

Washington Federal Bank for Savings, 2869 S. Archer Ave., before it was shut down in December 2017 for “unsafe or unsound practices.” (Google Street View)

The sister of a man at the center of a politically connected Bridgeport bank’s collapse was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for helping him hide hundreds of thousands of dollars after the bank was shut down.

Jan Kowalski pleaded guilty last year to concealing assets from a bankruptcy trustee. She helped her brother, Robert Kowalski, hide more than $357,000 while representing him as an attorney in bankruptcy court.