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A federal jury convicted a former Chicago transportation official on Tuesday for taking bribes to steer $100 million in red-light camera contracts to a Phoenix company.
Jurors returned with guilty verdicts on all 20 counts against John Bills, the former second-in-command at Chicago's Department of Transportation. Bills was accused of accepting envelopes stuffed with cash, along with gifts — including condos in two states and a Mercedes — to help Redflex Traffic Systems obtain contracts in a decade-long scheme.
Bills, 54, was charged with several crimes, including bribery, conspiracy and extortion under color of official right. The Chicago man faces a maximum combined sentence of 304 years in prison when sentenced on May 5.
...Martin O'Malley, who was hired as a Redflex consultant, testified that he passed envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars in cash at a time to Bills at a restaurant. O'Malley has pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme.
"Sometimes there would be other people there with us, but they couldn't tell what was happening," O'Malley told jurors during the trial.
O'Malley said he collected about $2 million in bogus commissions during the 10-year conspiracy. He said Redflex paid him a commission every time a new camera system was installed in Chicago.
Martin O'Malley News, Photos and Videos - ABC News
And not a peep.
Jurors returned with guilty verdicts on all 20 counts against John Bills, the former second-in-command at Chicago's Department of Transportation. Bills was accused of accepting envelopes stuffed with cash, along with gifts — including condos in two states and a Mercedes — to help Redflex Traffic Systems obtain contracts in a decade-long scheme.
Bills, 54, was charged with several crimes, including bribery, conspiracy and extortion under color of official right. The Chicago man faces a maximum combined sentence of 304 years in prison when sentenced on May 5.
...Martin O'Malley, who was hired as a Redflex consultant, testified that he passed envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars in cash at a time to Bills at a restaurant. O'Malley has pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme.
"Sometimes there would be other people there with us, but they couldn't tell what was happening," O'Malley told jurors during the trial.
O'Malley said he collected about $2 million in bogus commissions during the 10-year conspiracy. He said Redflex paid him a commission every time a new camera system was installed in Chicago.
Martin O'Malley News, Photos and Videos - ABC News
And not a peep.
