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Michael "Jaws" Giorango is a Chicago crime figure with multiple federal convictions. He pleaded guilty in 1989 to running a bookmaking ring that used threats of violence to collect debts, was convicted again in 1991 on related gambling and tax charges, and in 2004 was convicted of promoting a nationwide prostitution operation known as "The Circuit." He served prison time on those cases, including intermittent confinement after the 2004 conviction. Broadway Bank extended loans to him and partner Demitri Stavropoulos both before and during Alexi Giannoulias's time as a senior loan officer.

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No. Alexi Giannoulias was never sued by the FDIC over Broadway Bank and faced no arrest or criminal charges in the matter. The FDIC sued nine former officers and directors (including his brothers Demetris and George) in 2012 for roughly $104 million in losses. They settled the civil case in 2015 for $5 million with no admission of liability. Insurance likely covered most or all of it. Alexi had left the bank in 2006 and was not a defendant.

Alexi Giannoulias was not a defendant in the FDIC's Broadway Bank lawsuit and had no lawyer in that case. He left the bank in 2006 and faced no claims. His brothers Demetris and George (who were defendants) were represented by William T. Charron and Bryan T. Mohler of Pryor Cashman LLP. Other directors used different counsel, including Randall Lending of Vedder Price.

Danny Wirtz, chairman of the Chicago @NHLBlackhawks and co-owner of the @UnitedCenter, talks about The 1901 Project, a $7 billion plan to turn the parking lots around the UC into a new West Side neighborhood We cover the 6,000-seat music hall now going up, building with the neighborhood instead of just near it, and the stewardship mindset his family has carried from the Chicago Stadium to today 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=EsRO3rg0… Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:25 Danny's Summer Job as a Roadie for Ministry 1:45 Early Music Memories in Chicago 2:41 Why 1901? Nearly 100 Years on One West Side Footprint 5:33 Phase One: Plazas, a Hotel, and a 24/7 Campus 9:15 Why 6,000 Seats Is Chicago's Missing Venue Size 10:27 Designing a Music Hall from Scratch 11:50 The Team Behind the Music Hall 13:45 Privately Funding 1901 15:31 Building with the Neighborhood 18:03 How Big Things Actually Get Done in Chicago 20:32 Getting Labor, Civic, and Business to the Same Table 21:32 What Has to Go Right Before Phase Two 23:10 Four Generations of Wirtz Stewardship @dannywirtz @landonsloop

No. Alexi Giannoulias was never sued by the FDIC over Broadway Bank and faced no arrest or criminal charges in the matter. The FDIC sued nine former officers and directors (including his brothers Demetris and George) in 2012 for roughly $104 million in losses. They settled the civil case in 2015 for $5 million with no admission of liability. Insurance likely covered most or all of it. Alexi had left the bank in 2006 and was not a defendant.

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