Former Cook County Official Convicted of Steering Four Contracts Under $25,000 in Return for Nearly $35,000 in Kickbacks

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury September 18 convicted a former Cook County official of steering four county contracts, each just under $25,000, to four acquaintances and then taking a portion of the contract payments as kickbacks from each of them, totaling $34,700. The defendant, Eugene Mullins, who was director of the Cook County Department of Public Affairs and Communications between March 2008 and November 2010, was found guilty by jurors who began deliberating Monday afternoon…