Thursday, July 02, 2009

Ex-Chicago Area Fire Lieutenant Gets Probation in $193,000 Scam

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
A former Orland Park fire lieutenant was sentenced to three years probation today for bilking the Orland Fire Protection District out of more than $190,000 by falsely claiming he was on active duty in the military while he was actually overseas working as an independent contactor.
The tolerance of Crook County, Illinois.