Danville attorney Wolgamot resigns, to plead to tax fraud

DANVILLE – Danville attorney John "Pat" Wolgamot resigned Wednesday as the city's corporation counsel and is expected to plead guilty today in a federal tax-fraud case.

Wolgamot's attorney, Ted Poulos of Cotsirilos, Tighe and Streicker in Chicago, said that Wolgamot will plead guilty to one count at a hearing this morning in federal court in Urbana. Poulos did not say which count it would be or what Wolgamot's sentence could entail.

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