From the Tribune:

Cellini was charged with conspiring with others to force a real estate investment firm headed by Hollywood producer Thomas Rosenberg to raise or donate substantial political contributions for Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The governor is not charged with wrongdoing.

The four-count indictment charged Cellini, 73, with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe.

Cellini's name played a prominent role at the trial earlier this year of Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a former top Blagojevich adviser and fundraiser who was convicted on fraud charges.

More on the Blagojevich connections:

Federal authorities have been examining deals with Cellini at least since 2005 when they asked the state teachers' pension system for records involving a cadre of political insiders, including him.

Still, the connections between Blagojevich and Cellini run deeper than most people would think for the first Democratic governor in a quarter-century and a longtime GOP insider who is the treasurer of his county's Republican Party.

During Rezko's trial, the FBI identified the "Road Builders"--which Cellini has long been connected to as executive director of the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association--as having bundled more than $400,000 for Blagojevich's campaign. According to testimony at the trial, the money came from a fundraiser in October 2002 -- less than a month before Election Day -- at the Wyndham Hotel in Wood Dale.

Trial witnesses said Cellini was behind that fundraiser even though it was logged by the campaign as being hosted by others.

Capitol Fax has the full indictment as well as a press release from U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.