Chicago watchdog uncovers minority-contracting fraud, other abuses

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A minority- and woman-owned company that allegedly acted as a “pass-through” on $3.4 million in set-aside contracts in collusion with the prime contractor.

An employee of the now-defunct Office of Compliance who allegedly accepted more than $3,500 worth of free meals and tickets to sporting events from three city vendors over whom that employee had contracting authority.

A Health Department nurse and a communicable disease specialist who allegedly falsified their time sheets to conceal the fact that they were staying home, running errands or shopping when they were supposed to be monitoring the health of infants born after high-risk pregnancies and dispensing medication to home-bound tuberculosis patients.

Can a city be more corrupt than this?? Well, on the very same day, the FBI announced this new corruption investigation.