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Attorney General Madigan: Essex Township Clerk Arrested for Theft, Official Misconduct and Financial Institution Fraud

Traci Freytag | Aiken County, South Carolina, sheriff’s office

Madigan Pursues Public Corruption Charges of Kankakee Area Official Over Brazen Theft of Taxpayer Money

Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Office of the Inspector General for the FDIC (FDIC-OIG) today announced Essex Township Clerk Traci Freytag was arrested after she allegedly used taxpayer money for personal expenses including two trips to Florida.

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Freytag, 50, of Essex, in Kankakee County, was appointed township clerk…

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