Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed suit against a former state vendor alleging he illegally misspent more than $8 million in taxpayer grant funding intended for at-risk children and their families, including on personal expenses such as travel, tickets to concerts and professional sporting events, and cash payments.
Madigan’s lawsuit, filed earlier today in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges George E. Smith engaged in rampant misuse of state grant funding from 2005…





