Former Chicago Public Schools chief indicted in bribery scheme, Former Chicago Accessible Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett was accusable Thursday on accuse she steered a no-bid $20.5 actor arrangement to a apprenticeship consulting close area she already formed in acknowledgment for promises of a job for herself and added than a accumulated $250,000 for two of her relatives.
Also criminally answerable in the 43-page allegation were Gary Solomon and Thomas Vranas, co-owners of SUPES Academy, as able-bodied as the business itself and a subsidiary, Synesi Associates.
The long-awaited allegation comes six months afterwards CPS appear in mid-April that it had been served federal admirable board subpoenas gluttonous an arrangement of abstracts accompanying to the SUPES contract. Soon after, Byrd-Bennett took a paid leave of absence and again accommodated in May.
The allegation answerable that Byrd-Bennett was promised a job at SUPES already she stepped down as the accessible schools CEO, according to the indictment
"When this assignment at CPS is done and you are accessible to … retire, we accept your atom cat-and-mouse for you," Solomon wrote in an email in April 2012, according to the indictment. "Hopefully with even added plan and added (opportunity)."
The allegation aswell declared that Solomon and Vranas offered to drop money in banking accounts for two bearding ancestors of Byrd-Bennett's in what they alleged a "signing bonus" for her advice on accepting the contract.
In an email to Solomon in December 2012, Byrd-Bennett asked that the bulk of money deposited in anniversary annual be equal.
"I would like the adaptability to use funds for whatever acumen as bare for them," the allegation quoted her as writing.
Also criminally answerable in the 43-page allegation were Gary Solomon and Thomas Vranas, co-owners of SUPES Academy, as able-bodied as the business itself and a subsidiary, Synesi Associates.
The long-awaited allegation comes six months afterwards CPS appear in mid-April that it had been served federal admirable board subpoenas gluttonous an arrangement of abstracts accompanying to the SUPES contract. Soon after, Byrd-Bennett took a paid leave of absence and again accommodated in May.
The allegation answerable that Byrd-Bennett was promised a job at SUPES already she stepped down as the accessible schools CEO, according to the indictment
"When this assignment at CPS is done and you are accessible to … retire, we accept your atom cat-and-mouse for you," Solomon wrote in an email in April 2012, according to the indictment. "Hopefully with even added plan and added (opportunity)."
The allegation aswell declared that Solomon and Vranas offered to drop money in banking accounts for two bearding ancestors of Byrd-Bennett's in what they alleged a "signing bonus" for her advice on accepting the contract.
In an email to Solomon in December 2012, Byrd-Bennett asked that the bulk of money deposited in anniversary annual be equal.
"I would like the adaptability to use funds for whatever acumen as bare for them," the allegation quoted her as writing.
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