Jury finds Chicago couple guilty in grant scam case with ties to Obama friend Whitaker

The Chicago Tribune reports:

A federal jury on Wednesday found a Chicago couple guilty in a state grant scam trial that featured testimony about power, money and sex and included a high-profile ruling that one of President Barack Obama’s golfing buddies was a hostile witness.

Jurors deliberated for about five hours on the case of Leon and Karin Dingle, who faced conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering charges. Prosecutors contended the Dingles helped themselves to more than $3 million in state grant funds to fight AIDS, flu and cancer in minority communities.

Mistakes were made.