By Steve Miller
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(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A retired Cook County judge who is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Tuskegee Airman in his mid-90s may be facing criminal charges.
The retired presiding judge of Cook County's child protection division, Patricia Martin, has already been ordered to pay more than $1.2 million to the estate of Oscar Lawton Wilkerson Jr.
Wilkerson was a Tuskegee Airman. He died in February.Two-and-a-half years ago, when Wilkerson was 94, Martin agreed to help take care of his finances, but instead she stole at least a quarter of a million dollars from him, according to filings by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. She allegedly bought more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency with Wilkerson's savings.
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Despite a judge's order to not touch the crypto accounts, now Martin is accused of accessing the accounts "within hours" of the judge's order and eight times afterward.
The
judge said Monday that would amount to indirect criminal contempt. The
attorney for Wilkerson has now indicated he will file documents that
could essentially get the state's attorney involved, or a special
prosecutor.
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