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  [Illinois] Fiscal guru didn't pay the mortgage
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Last EditedServo  Jun 06, 2005 10:03am
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MediaNewspaper - Chicago Sun-Times
News DateMonday, June 6, 2005 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionIn a matter of months, a $60,000-plus campaign contributor to Gov. Blagojevich went from defaulting on a mortgage to heading up a state agency that annually doles out $3 billion in loans.

Ali D. Ata and three partners took in more than $3.2 million from taxpayers by leasing a West Side office building to the state over 10 years, records show. Despite that income, they fell behind on mortgage payments, and the property was foreclosed upon in September 2003.
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