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Corruption In Illinois

Friday, June 29, 2012

Indicted Ex-Cook County Commish Has Ties to Oak Lawn Trustee

Former Cook County Board member Joseph Mario Moreno who was charged with bribery on Thursday, is a managing partner of Illinois Energy Aggregation a firm started by Oak Lawn Trustee Bob Streit.

An ex-Cook County commissioner who was arrested Thursday on federal corruption charges is an associate of Oak Lawn Trustee Bob Streit (Dist. 3). Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Joseph Mario Moreno is accused of accepting bribes and kickbacks in a scheme to sell bandages to Stronger Hospital along with former Chicago alderman and convicted felon Ambrosio Medrano. The former county commissioner also allegedly accepted $5,000 to ensure the development of a waste transfer station in Cicero while he sat on the town’s economic development committee, the federal complaint said. Moreno, who also goes by his middle name Mario, served for 16 years as the 7th District Commissioner on the Cook County Board until he…

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5:40 pm on Thursday, July 5, 2012

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