Chicago and bribery go together like deep-dish pizza and Eli's cheesecake. But bribery, drug deals, money laundering and millions funneled to Iran? That's a different story. In Illinois more than 7o indictments have already been handed down in an ongoing criminal probe, including a great many to state officials. At the center of this imbroglio of illegality are three Chicago-area car dealers, Amir Hosseini, Hossein Esfahani and Hossein Obaei.

The Chicago Sun-Times has the sorid details.

-- MDT

Labels: bribery, money laundering