Scott Fawell was the Chief of Staff to Republican Illinois Governor George Ryan, who would later be arrested in an investigation entitled Operation Safe Road, which resulted in Ryan being sentenced to more than five years in prison on federal corruption charges that included extortion, money laundering, racketeering, bribery, and tax fraud.[1]

Fawell himself served time in prison after Ryan's term as governor ended, convicted on federal charges of racketeering and fraud was sentenced to six years and six months.[2][3]

Andrea Coutretsis Prokos, who was Fawell's assistant and girlfriend, pled guilty to perjury and received 4 months in prison in the same case.[4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Ryan gets 6½ years in prison Chicago Sun-Times, September 6, 2006, accessed same date.
  2. ↑ 'Most distasteful thing I've ever done' nears for Fawell Chicago Tribune, September 28, 2005.
  3. ↑ "Fawell: First Day In Prison 'Rude Awakening To Change In Life'". chicago.cbslocal.com. March 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION (July 25, 2006). "US v. ALEXANDRA PROKOS, Case: 1:03-cr-00542 Document #: 46" (PDF). govinfo.gov.
  5. ↑ ABC7 (August 26, 2009). "Former Ryan aide speaks out".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.