Former Chicago Ald. Edward “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison in a tax scheme related to his receipt of millions of dollars in Illinois tobacco settlement money. A political powerhouse in Chicago politics during the 1980s, he’s had a long, colorful career characterized by wheeling and dealing in and around local politics and law. Here are five things to know about the former alderman.
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