Posted on 10/08/2015 1:38:41 PM PDT by TexasCajun
The former head of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) was indicted Thursday for allegedly participating in a bribery scheme that illegally influenced more than $20 million in city spending.
According to the charges against her, ex-CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett steered a no-bid $20.5 million contract to the consulting company SUPES Academy in return for bribes and the promise of a job after she left her post. Prosecutors claim that Byrd-Bennett’s corrupt dealings began in April 2012, when she first arrived in Chicago to work as chief education adviser, and continued for the next three years.
U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon said Byrd-Bennett plans to plead guilty at a news conference Thursday afternoon. She was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Also being charged are two executives with SUPES Academy, as well as the company itself and a subsidiary. The indictments come six months after it went public that a federal grand jury had requested documents related to the SUPES deal, and five months after Byrd-Bennett stepped down as Chicago’s schools CEO due to the scandal.
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Slap on the wrist and kushy job in her future. Never underestimate the graft and corruption in Chicago politics.
Wouldn’t it be more newsworthy if a Chicago school official wasn’t involved in massive corruption?
...and other one of the kenyan’s local supporters.....
Chicago has nothing on Hudson County NJ.
Is there any pocket of gibsmedats that isn’t robbing working taxpayers blind?
White, republican male-induced corruption, right?
Just like the cheaters in the Atlanta school district’s headquarters.
in other news, dog pees on fire hydrant...
It is racist to charge her with such crimes.
I dont know how it is, I just know that it must be. /s
Liberals feed very well off of public money, and thats why they never want a decrease. It would be shattering to them.
Corruption in Chicago? That is hard to believe. When has there not been corruption.
Look at Rahmbo’s picture. It says it all. “we found a patsy.”
Don't they usually do that in a courtroom?
Or is the editor asleep?
In China, they’d have shot her and charged the family for the cost of the bullet. China has its issues, but that’s a good idea right there.
No surprise there......
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