Restaurateur’s testimony details financial snarl, business failures in trial of alleged extortionist
- Posted on January 21, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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Restaurateur’s testimony details financial snarl, business failures in trial of alleged extortionist

The government’s star witness in the case against alleged extortionist Jawad Fakroune, took the stand Wednesday to describe threads made against him over an outstanding restaurant debt.