Will the ailing John Bills, 55, flip on fellow Chicago elected officials or do the time???? Key figure in red-light cameras scandal faces federal prison sentencing Monday - Did John Bills hint to fellow patrons of the Oak Lawn WINE BAR he is taking down THEM ALL?????
With his sentencing scheduled for Monday morning, the central figure in a massive corruption scheme that brought traffic cameras to Chicago remains adamant about taking his silence with him to federal prison for what could be as long as two decades.
John Bills, 55, who rose through City Hall as part of the political patronage army of longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan, faces between 10 and 30 years in prison for taking up to $2 million in cash bribes and gifts in exchange for helping grow the city's $600 million red-light camera program into the largest in the nation.
The scheme was first exposed by the Chicago Tribune in 2012.
How many years Bills spends behind bars will be decided by U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, who presided at the trial early this year. A federal jury convicted him on all 20 counts, including bribery, conspiracy, extortion and fraud after deliberating for only five hours.
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