http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/ City of Chicago - Office of the Inspector General: News Stories en-US Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:42:51 -0600 http://www.typepad.com/ http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/03/ex-city-worker-gets-probation-in-theft-case-repays-20k-chicago-breaking-news-342010.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/03/ex-city-worker-gets-probation-in-theft-case-repays-20k-chicago-breaking-news-342010.html A former administrator with the city's Department of Cultural Affairs was sentenced to two years probation and has repaid $20,000 in connection to a theft and forgery case, officials said. The sentence came as part of a plea bargain between... chicago-inspector-general Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:42:51 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/02/daley-give-city-inspector-power-to-investigate-aldermen-chicago-sun-times-282010.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/02/daley-give-city-inspector-power-to-investigate-aldermen-chicago-sun-times-282010.html by Fran Spielman Mayor Daley today transferred control over city hiring from his $4 million-a-year Office of Compliance to the inspector general and dropped a political bombshell on the City Council by proposing that the inspector general be given the... chicago-inspector-general Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:07:29 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/02/daley-expand-watchdogs-reach-to-city-council-chicago-tribune-282010.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/02/daley-expand-watchdogs-reach-to-city-council-chicago-tribune-282010.html by Hal Dardick Mayor Richard Daley today proposed expanding the powers of the city's inspector general to include investigating aldermen -- an idea long opposed by City Council -- as well as taking away the hiring oversight duties currently held... chicago-inspector-general Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:05:30 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/01/ex-charity-boss-gets-prison-time-pays100k-restitution-to-city-for-theft-charge-chicago-sun-times-1292010.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/01/ex-charity-boss-gets-prison-time-pays100k-restitution-to-city-for-theft-charge-chicago-sun-times-1292010.html by Stefano Esposito Patti Buffington -- the onetime head of a West Side charity devoted to assisting prostitutes -- was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday. The sentence comes 3 ½ years after she was charged with looting $479,000... Current Affairs In the News chicago-inspector-general Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:53:26 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/01/operation-crooked-code-plumbing-inspector-convicted-of-bribery-conspiracy-1052010-chicago-sun-times.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2010/01/operation-crooked-code-plumbing-inspector-convicted-of-bribery-conspiracy-1052010-chicago-sun-times.html January 5, 2010 ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal jury Tuesday convicted a Chicago plumbing inspector accused of overlooking code violations and pushing through permits. Mario Olivella, 42, was convicted of two counts of bribery and conspiracy for taking bribes to overlook... chicago-inspector-general Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:23:30 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/inspector-general-will-not-shrink-from-conflict-11232009-chicago-sun-times.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/inspector-general-will-not-shrink-from-conflict-11232009-chicago-sun-times.html November 23, 2009 BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter/fspielman@suntimes.com Joe Ferguson is the eldest son of a working-class single mom and a father he never knew who survived that rejection -- and the mean streets of Boston -- to become... chicago-inspector-general Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:42:15 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/city-worker-pleads-guilty-to-accepting-bribe-11192009-chicago-tribune.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/city-worker-pleads-guilty-to-accepting-bribe-11192009-chicago-tribune.html A clerk in the city's Department of Construction and Permits pleaded guilty today to accepting a bribe.Read more... chicago-inspector-general Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:55:46 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/city-worker-convicted-of-bribery-to-hide-property-violations-11132009-chicago-tribune.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/city-worker-convicted-of-bribery-to-hide-property-violations-11132009-chicago-tribune.html A 52-year-old City of Chicago employee was convicted today of bribery after he was accused of paying off another city worker to erase code violations for property he owned, prosecutors said. It took a jury eight hours to convict Gustavo... chicago-inspector-general Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:53:58 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/prosecutor-gets-city-council-ok-as-inspector-general-11122009-chicago-sun-times.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/prosecutor-gets-city-council-ok-as-inspector-general-11122009-chicago-sun-times.html The federal prosecutor chosen by Mayor Daley to serve a four-year term as Chicago’s corruption-fighting inspector general sailed through a Chicago City Council committee today with a promise to provide a bigger “bang for the buck.” Read more from the... chicago-inspector-general Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:07:37 -0600 http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/city-council-panel-approves-daleys-inspector-general-nominee-11122009-chicago-tribune.html http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.typepad.com/chicago_inspector_general/2009/11/city-council-panel-approves-daleys-inspector-general-nominee-11122009-chicago-tribune.html A federal prosecutor nominated to be Chicago's next inspector general told aldermen today that "there are still significant pockets of fraud and corruption in city government." Read the story in the Chicago Tribune... chicago-inspector-general Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:06:21 -0600