Former Cook County Employee Arrested for Allegedly Swindling $330,000 From $10.3 Million U.S. Flood Relief Grant

by Gary Kopycinski on August 28, 2014

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CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2014. A former Cook County employee who managed a $10.3 million federal grant to assist county residents who were impacted by floods in 2008 was arrested today on federal charges for allegedly engaging in a fraud scheme with several contractors and swindling at least $330,000 from the program. A vendor who allegedly kicked-back more than $100,000 was indicted together with the former county official.