On January 24, 2024, a Lemont businessman, who is the owner of a Chicago-area construction company, pleaded guilty to bribing an employee of the Cook County Assessor’s office. The bribe, which included home improvements, meals, and sports tickets, was in exchange for assistance in reducing property taxes on his properties by over $550,000. This case has ties to the investigation of former Alderman Carrie Austin.
Los Angeles County agreed to pay $5 million to the top executive of an election software company who was arrested and charged in 2022 with mishandling voter data in a case that prosecutors dropped a few weeks later, the executive’s lawyer said this week. https://t.co/zVrBqPqYZQ
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The owner of a Chicago-area construction company with ties to the investigation of former Ald. Carrie Austin pleaded guilty to bribing an employee of the Cook County Assessor’s office to reduce taxes on his properties by more than half a million dollars. https://t.co/mbug4EOSHg
NEW: The owner of a construction company with ties to the ex-Ald. Carrie Austin probe pleads guilty today to bribing a county official with home improvements, meals, and sports tickets in exchange for help on $550,000 in property tax reductions https://t.co/5x5hOYUbnL
Owner of construction company with ties to Ald. Carrie Austin probe pleads guilty to bribing county official https://t.co/gAVkpMcykJ
Lemont businessman admits role in Cook County property tax conspiracy: https://t.co/Rl5II5OFLP