Blago's Brother Tied to Chicago Mob Linked Cicero Mayor Betty Loren Maltese

Recently,Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was accused (by an FBI informant) of being a Chicago Mob linked bookmaker(years ago). ABC TV Chicago confirmed that the FBI was informed about Blago's bookmaking past.Now this.ABC TV Chicago reports on Blago's brother :

On election night 2002, when Rod Blagojevich watched the returns roll in and won his first term as Illinois governor, brother Robert was there with him.

But at the same time, according to state election records, Robert's financial services firm had an interest in another Illinois elected official, Betty Loren Maltese.

Maltese is the controversial and now imprisoned mayor of Cicero.

For more than two years, Maltese' bulging campaign fund had invested millions of dollars through a company headquartered in Tampa, Florida, the firm Invest Financial Corporation. Its CEO at the time was Robert Blagojevich, the governor's older brother.

State records show that between July of 2000 and September of 2002, Robert Blagojevich's company paid Maltese' campaign fund nearly $3.3 million. The dozens of entries are listed as investment dividends, interest and proceeds from the sale of U.S. Treasury bills.

Some of the investment payments from Robert Blagojevich's company occurred even after Mayor Maltese was convicted of swindling $12 million from the town through an insurance firm.

Lawyer Michael Ettinger, who represents the governor's brother in the current federal investigation, was unaware of the link to Betty Loren Maltese.

On Wednesday at the I-Team's request, Ettinger had Robert Blagojevich review the state records and Blagojevich reported that "he knows nothing about it" and that the investments must have been made by some other affiliated bank even though his was listed 41 times.

You'll want to watch the video.For more on Mayor Maltese and The Chicago Mob.No word yet from Patti Blajojevich's relative Alphonse Torabene on this one.