Trusted Chicago judge takes Tuskegee Airman's cash, then flips it into bitcoin for herself

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date Feb. 9, 2026, midnight
Last Updated Feb. 9, 2026, midnight
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/retired-judge-patricia-martin-theft-tuskegee-airman-oscar-lawton-wilkerson-bitcoin/

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Patricia Martin, a lawyer turned judge who spent 24 years on the bench, rising to become the top judge in Cook County's Juvenile Court, seemed to have the credentials to be trusted handling the finances of Oscar Lawton Wilkerson as he reached his mid-90s. She had been related to the former Tuskegee...