This article below is about three officials, including the President and two Directors, in a Chicago area Park District (i.e. like Parks & Recreation) that siphoned off $144,000 in district funds using district credit cards plus instructing a vendor to provide kickbacks. There were no details about why they were able to do so, or the quality of the District accounting controls or audit functions. vj Date posted online: Friday, August 31, 2007 from: http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2007/08/31/news/top_news/docba312002de2d415a862573480001e6db.prt Feds: Harvey Park District (Chicago area) officials misused money 3 park leaders accused of using taxpayer money for personal expenses BY CHRIS KELLER and LAURI HARVEY KEAGLE The Times CHICAGO | Three Harvey Park District officials Thursday pleaded not guilty in federal court, hours after the FBI arrested them at their south suburban homes on charges of using $144,000 of taxpayer money to pay for personal expenses. Park District President Julius Patterson, 51, of Harvey; Park District Director Kendall Parrott, 48, of Markham; and Park District Assistant Director Linda Hudson, 47, of Harvey, entered the pleas before U.S. District Judge Charles Norgle at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. (Read the indictment.) Each are charged with three counts of wire fraud and one count of...
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