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Home improvement kickbacks
Coverage of Home improvement kickbacks in the Nexus archive.
- Top aide to ex-Ald. Carrie Austin gets probation for role in home improvement kickbacks
Chester Wilson Jr., former chief of staff to then-Ald. Carrie Austin, was sentenced to three years probation and a $20,000 fine for his role in a scheme involving home improvement kickbacks from a developer. Prosecutors allege Wilson and Austin accepted granite countertops, sump pumps, and other materials as bribes in exchange for political favors.