Coverage dated June 20, 2022

Former Illinois Senator Tom Cullerton to be sentenced Tuesday

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Tom Cullerton pled guilty in a federal embezzlement case, admitting he took more than $250,000 in salary and benefits in a ghost-payrolling scheme involving the Teamsters labor union.

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6 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Pantagraph

    Ex-state Sen. Thomas Cullerton sentenced to a year in federal prison in ghost payrolling case (opens The Pantagraph)

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    Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton was sentenced Tuesday to a year in federal prison for pocketing more than a quarter of a million dollars in salary and benefits from the

  2. NBC Chicago

    Former State Sen. Tom Cullerton Sentenced to Federal Prison in Embezzlement Case (opens NBC Chicago)

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    A federal judge has sentenced former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton to a year in prison in the $248,000 embezzlement case involving the Teamsters labor union that ended Cullerton’s career in Springfield.

  3. Capitol Fax

  4. Fox32 Chicago

    Ex-state Sen. Thomas Cullerton sentenced to year in prison in federal embezzlement case (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    Former Illinois state Sen. Thomas Cullerton was sentenced to a year in prison for illegally receiving nearly $250,000 in salary and benefits from a Chicago-area labor union.

  5. CBS News

    Former Illinois Senator Tom Cullerton to be sentenced Tuesday (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Tom Cullerton pled guilty in a federal embezzlement case, admitting he took more than $250,000 in salary and benefits in a ghost-payrolling scheme involving the Teamsters labor union.

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