Chicago developer See Y. Wong pleaded guilty Nov. 3 during a video conference hearing in federal court in Chicago to lying to banks and buyers involved with a building project he was developing in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood. Wong was charged in a seven-page criminal information in March for crimes related to the apartment building, known as Canal Crossing.
But Wong's cooperation with federal authorities in another investigation, which involved making recordings of Chicago Aldermen Danny Solis and Edward Burke and Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan [D], has led to statewide political corruption probe that's far bigger than Wong himself.