The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Federal investigators are zeroing in on whether Tony Rezko paid for all or part of a $90,000 rehab of Gov. Blagojevich's Northwest Side bungalow as the corruption probe of the state's first family accelerates.
Since Rezko's felony conviction in June, the FBI has been investigating how the former top Blagojevich fund-raiser billed the governor and his wife for the work, who paid for it and whether Rezko ever arranged for cash to be passed in envelopes to the Blagojeviches, several sources familiar with the probe told the Chicago Sun-Times.
A grand jury has issued at least one subpoena related to the project, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Agents also have inquired about the governor's wife's real estate dealings with Rezko and whether Rezko might have disguised payments for the work through sham billings at a large housing development he was building.
Just in case anyone doubts the seriousness of the situation:
The FBI has asked repeated questions about how the project was billed and whether subcontractors were paid on time. An agent "just kept on asking me about this whole billing thing, kept coming back to it," said a source who worked on the Blagojevich house and has been questioned by the feds.
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