CPD sgt crossing the line
A Chicago police sergeant who heads a local sergeants association has been arrested on charges he stole more than $600,000 from the organization.
Prosecutors allege he made withdrawals and wrote checks payable to himself on the association’s bank account. He allegedly laundered the proceeds to his personal credit card and bank accounts.
Authorities claim the CPD sergeant used the money to make frequent gambling trips to Las Vegas, buy a home in Chicago’s affluent Sauganash neighborhood, service an Ameritrade account, stay frequently at downtown hotels and have dinner at Loop steakhouses. Quite a lifestyle for a cop eh?
What a sad story and a complete shame. And: extremely stupid. How long did he think he could get away with this without any serious effort to hide these thefts? He is likely a derailed patrolman and not a frustrated fraud detective…. That would be just as sad but would at least make the investigation a bit more challenging…
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-policesergeantarr,0,7521987.story
