http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260029/posts
Ald. Carothers, developer accused of corruption (Fitzgerald indictment)
Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th), a staunch ally of Mayor Richard Daley, was indicted today on charges he accepted about $40,000 in improvements to his residence as well as meals and tickets to sporting events in exchange for backing a major project by a developer.
The developer, Calvin Boender, was also indicted.
Carothers, 54, was charged with four counts of wire and mail fraud and one count each of accepting a bribe and filing a false federal income tax return.
Boender was charged with four counts of wire and mail fraud, two counts of obstruction of justice, two misdemeanor counts of violating federal campaign finance laws and one count of paying a bribe. According to federal authorities, Boender sought to transform the city’s largest undeveloped tract of land, a 50-acre former rail yard and industrial site in Carothers’ West Side ward.
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So FItz knew he was already willing to cooperate....Wonder who he is going to give up!?!?!
INDICTED | Daley ally charged with fraud and bribery despite reported cooperation with feds in probe of officials, developers
http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1597858,isaac-carothers-wire-chicago-politics-daley.article
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Excerpt:
The document identifies Carothers as “Public Official A” — with clear identifiers pointing to him, including a reference to one of his family members running for Congress in 2004.
The government filing says Carothers, 54, had been “consensually recording conversations with individuals suspected of engaging in ongoing criminal conduct.”
“These recorded conversations include meetings Public Official A has had with other public officials and real estate developers. The government expects Public Official A to continue his cooperation into late May 2009.”
There’s no indication where Carothers’ year of cooperation led.
His lawyer, Larry Beaumont, would not comment on the unsealed document. “We expect we will plead not guilty at the arraignment and look forward to trial,” Beaumont said.
It’s not clear how many of his colleagues Carothers might have ensnared. He has been somewhat radioactive since the Sun-Times reported last year he was under federal scrutiny. Colleagues have been suspicious he has been wearing a wire, City Hall sources say.
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