Former Ald. 'Fast Eddie' Vrdolyak ordered to report to federal prison by end of the month

Former Chicago Ald. Edward “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak’s 84th birthday is in December, and it appears he will spend it in federal prison.

After several pandemic-related delays, a federal judge Monday ordered Vrdolyak to report to the medical facility in Rochester, Minnesota, by Nov. 30 to begin serving his 18-month sentence on tax-related counts.

Vrdolyak was sentenced almost a year ago for his conviction related to millions of dollars that he and an associate reaped from the state’s massive settlement with the tobacco companies in the 1990s.

But the pandemic put Vrdolyak’s prison term on hold until a vaccine was widely available. He also suffers from a variety of serious medical conditions and has a compromised immune system, according to his attorneys.

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