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Former North Chicago School Board Member Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Bus Contracts Fraud Scheme

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former North Chicago school board member was sentenced July 16 to 10 years in federal prison for receiving at least $566,000 in kickbacks from three co-defendants who controlled several different transportation companies that received more than $21 million in student bus contracts over nearly a decade.

The defendant, GLORIA HARPER, 63, formerly of North Chicago, pleaded guilty last October to one count each of wire fraud and filing a false federal income…

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