In the year since the IGO issued the May 2010 review, the City has taken some positive steps in its administration of the MWBE program. In particular, the Office of Compliance implemented a monitoring system (called C2) that once on line will permit reporting of actual payments to MWBEs, although the accuracy of this […]
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Review of the MWBE Program
Our investigations and analysis have revealed broad and pervasive deficiencies in the administration of the City’s MWBE program, and that the City cannot determine whether or not the program is achieving its goals. As a result, the program has been beset by fraud and unlawful brokers, and MWBE participation is likely far less than […]
Read MoreReview of Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise Participation on Public Building Commission Projects
[…] part of our analysis of the program, the IGO undertook a review of 15 PBC projects that were completed in 2009 in order to calculate the actual MWBE utilization and compare it with the MWBE participation statistics reported by the PBC. The results of that review are contained in the accompanying report. By calculating […]
Read MoreFollow-up Review of the MWBE Program
OIG released a follow up review of the City’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise ( MWBE) program. This follow-up report details changes in the program over the past year, the challenges the program still faces, and recommendations for the new administration and City Council to consider in rebuilding the program to make it function […]
Read MoreCity Contractor Receives 17 Month Jail Sentence and Ordered to Pay Restitution for Defrauding City’s MWBE Program
[…] certified minority-owned business, was sentenced to a jail term of 17 months in connection with a scheme to defraud the City’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise ( MWBE) program. Jesse Brunt and Brunt Brothers Transfer Inc. were ordered to pay $533,749 in restitution for violation of the federal mail fraud statute. Brunt used his […]
Read MoreMWBE: Company Executives Conspiracy to Defraud the City of Chicago
A Chicago grand jury indicted the president and vice president of an Illinois refuse disposal container repair company for engaging in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud the city of Chicago on a contract for the repair of refuse carts. Douglas E. Ritter and Steven Fenzl were charged in a four-count indictment, the U.S. Department […]
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