Bankruptcy court clerk accused of cheating debtors

The Chicago Sun-Times has an article on a fraud:

A longtime bankruptcy court clerk who routinely dealt with people facing mounting debt is accused of giving out false information so she could pocket their money.

Sandra Butler, 42, of Chicago was charged with attempted extortion Monday. She worked in the Dirksen Federal Building since 1985 and most recently as a courtroom deputy assigned to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jacqueline Cox. The feds say she took $500 from an undercover witness and told him it would pay to block foreclosure of his home.

For being a clerk Sandra Butler is payed $69,000 a year.Who said government workers were unpaid? Do you know many clerks in the private sector that make that kind of money? We didn't even mention the pension.Amazing.