Following a City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation, an indictment has been filed in the Ciruit Court of Cook County charging a former City of Chicago contractor with four counts of theft from City of Chicago.
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Crooked Code: City Employee Sentenced to 21 Months in Federal Prison
A City of Chicago employee was sentenced to 21 months in prison today August 27, 2010 for bribery. Tom Ziroli, a 64 year old former Ventilation Inspector with the Department of Buildings, was also sentenced to two years of supervised release, a $15,000 fine, an additional $100 special assessment, and will be required to pay […]
Read MoreFormer City Inspector Sentenced for Bribery
A former senior inspector with the City of Chicago Department of Environment was sentenced to one year and one day in prison yesterday.
Read MoreFormer Ward Superintendent to Spend Nearly a Year in Jail for Vote Fraud
A former superintendent in the City’s Department of Streets and Sanitation was sentenced to 364 days in the Cook County Department of Corrections today. Anish Eapen, 39, was found guilty after on June 24 on multiple counts of vote fraud for attempting to persuade voters in the 50th Ward to vote by absentee ballot in […]
Read MoreFormer City Worker Arraigned Theft, Official Misconduct, and Obstruction of Justice Charges
A fourteen count indictment has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County charging a former City of Chicago employee with eight counts of theft, four counts of official misconduct, and two counts of obstruction of justice.
Read MoreCrooked Code: City Zoning Investigator Sentenced to 31 Months
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General and the United States Attorney’s Office announced that a City of Chicago Zoning Investigator was sentenced to 31 months in prison today to be followed by two years of supervised release as a result of his conviction for accepting a $500 bribe in exchange for providing a […]
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