The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield has been busy the past few years investigating a variety of fraud schemes involving state grants. Thirteen people have been charged so far, six who have pleaded guilty.
One is the daughter of the controversial pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Another was chief of staff to Eric E. Whitaker when Whitaker was Illinois’ public health chief. There is even a former police chief. All of these individuals were supposed to be helping the poor but were, in fact, enriching themselves at the taxpayers' expense.
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