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| Tally in Illinois grant-fraud probe so far: 13 charged, $16M embezzled |
| 2013-09-11 |
| Read the entire article. It will take your breath away. [SUNTIMES] The U.S. attorney's office in Springfield has been busy the past few years investigating a variety of fraud schemes involving state grants. Thirteen people have been charged so far, six who have pleaded guilty. Two of them have ties to President Barack Obama I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody... . One is the daughter of his controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Another was chief of staff to Obama's longtime friend Eric E. Whitaker when Whitaker was Illinois' public health chief. In all, prosecutors are alleging a total of $16 million in fraud involving state health or commerce department grants and contracts. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Illinois has term limits- One in office, One in prison. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2013-09-11 14:29 |
| #5 any corporation that did this kind of bookkeeping would see its officers sent off to the slammer. Posted by Procopius2k No 'corporate' model left in Illinois. Most have already moved out long ago. Cook County and the party of Urban America calls the tune, has for over half a century. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-11 09:18 |
| #4 The only way to "reform" Illinois politics is to do a Chairman Mao on Chicago, move the state capitol to some other state, and disqualify all Illinosians from serving in any Illinois government post... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-09-11 09:18 |
| #3 They have a unfunded pension liability in excess of 90 Billion. This is peanuts. The whole lot the state leadership is engaged in multi-generational embezzlement. Prior to 2008, any corporation that did this kind of bookkeeping would see its officers sent off to the slammer. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-11 09:12 |
| #2 It was only a matter of time. With ValJar in Washington, there's nobody back home to supervise them. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-11 08:27 |
| #1 Meh. Par for the course in Illinois. BTW, exactly the same type of things that Jesse Jr. and his wife were convicted of - chiseling to buy "stuff". |
| Posted by: Spot 2013-09-11 08:07 |