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CHICAGO (AP) - The former executive director of a billion-dollar state bonding agency was indicted Thursday on charges of helping a political contributor and entrepreneur defraud General Electric Capital Corp. out of $10 million.
Ali D. Ata, 55, was accused of producing a bogus letter designed to help Antoin Rezko borrow the $10 million from the corporation in what prosecutors described as a plan to buy two groups of pizza restaurants at inflated prices.
Ata, of suburban Lemont, will plead not guilty, said his attorney Thomas McQueen.
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