Illinois: 48 Cook County employees resigned/fired following Covid PPP fraud investigations

[Roadvirus]

Forty-eight employees of Cook County Clerk of Court Iris Martinez “no longer work” for the office after they were found to have defrauded the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which was enacted to provide forgivable loans to help struggling businesses stay in business in 2020 and 2021 during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic.

Dozens of Cook County employees resign or are fired in clerk of court, county inspector general’s PPP fraud probe

Forty-eight court clerk’s office employees “no longer work” there after investigators found they defrauded the federal COVID relief Paycheck Protection Program. Six employees of other county agencies also have been found to have defrauded federal relief programs.

chicago.suntimes.com

Typical behavior in Crook County. No wonder it became a 3-time winner of "Most corrupt city in America" last year.

Three-Peat: Chicago Ranks No. 1 In Corruption, Report Finds

“The sheer number and political stature of the Illinois elected officials and business leaders who were implicated, indicted or convicted in the 2020 is staggering,” University of Illinois at Chicago professor and former 44th Ward Ald. Dick Simpson said.

news.wttw.com

 

[Rexedgar]

How long before this outrage thread bites back?

 

[TheParser]

Typical behavior in Crook County.

True!

 

[Port & Starboard]

Typical behavior in Crook County. No wonder it became a 3-time winner of "Most corrupt city in America" last year.

To be fair, I expect their will be a lot of people from red cities and states found to be exploiting Covid funding in the future.

Greed isn't a political ideology.

 

[Threegoofs]

Typical behavior in Crook County. No wonder it became a 3-time winner of "Most corrupt city in America" last year.

You mean rooting out criminals in government and making them accountable?

Because it sure looks like that happened.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Forty-eight employees of Cook County Clerk of Court Iris Martinez “no longer work” for the office after they were found to have defrauded the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which was enacted to provide forgivable loans to help struggling businesses stay in business in 2020 and 2021 during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic.

Dozens of Cook County employees resign or are fired in clerk of court, county inspector general’s PPP fraud probe

Forty-eight court clerk’s office employees “no longer work” there after investigators found they defrauded the federal COVID relief Paycheck Protection Program. Six employees of other county agencies also have been found to have defrauded federal relief programs.

chicago.suntimes.com

Typical behavior in Crook County. No wonder it became a 3-time winner of "Most corrupt city in America" last year.

Three-Peat: Chicago Ranks No. 1 In Corruption, Report Finds

“The sheer number and political stature of the Illinois elected officials and business leaders who were implicated, indicted or convicted in the 2020 is staggering,” University of Illinois at Chicago professor and former 44th Ward Ald. Dick Simpson said.

news.wttw.com

Good they've been run off.

Are republican states doing the same?

 

[Bighorn66]

You mean rooting out criminals in government and making them accountable?

Because it sure looks like that happened.

Were they prosecuted? If not, they weren’t held accountable.