CRIMEJun 9 · 23:51 UTCCHICAGO SUN-TIMESSun-Times Wire

Former CHA official indicted in $4.8 million kickback scheme

A former Chicago Housing Authority director and a construction company president face charges for allegedly exchanging $421,000 in kickbacks for over $4.8 million in city construction contracts between 2023 and 2024. Both individuals are charged with eight counts of honest services fraud.

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Ryan RosspersonVanessa RhodespersonChicago Housing AuthorityorganizationBell’s Better Buildings, Inc.organizationTwenty Eleven Construction, Inc.organizationU.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of IllinoisorganizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Developmentorganization

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