旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커  � Former Chicago Alderman Convicted Of Racketeering Page 76 �  쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑  � DC, 1-15/US Newswire: Fred Foreman, US Attorney for the Northern District �  � of IL, along with William D.Branon, Special Agent-in-Charge, FBI, Chicago �  � Division, announced a federal jury convicted former First Ward Alderman �  � Fred Roti of Chicago, on all counts of the indictment. Specifically, Roti �  � was found guilty of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, five counts of �  � bribery & four counts of extortion. The trial began on 12-14-92, before �  � Judge Marvin Aspen. During the trial, the government proved that Roti �  � extorted & accepted $7,500 from government informant Robert Cooley in May �  � & June 1989, in exchange for Roti's support for a proposed zoning change �  � at 400 N. Racine Ave. in Chicago. The government also proved that Roti �  � took another $10,000 from Cooley in June & July, 1989, in exchange for �  � promising to influence the performance of the judge assigned to the case �  � of Eldridge vs. Carr, & another judge. (The Eldrige case was filed by �  � the FBI as a part of its undercover investigation.) As a result of Roti's �  � conviction, he now faces a mazimum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment & a �  � $250,000 fine on each of the racketeering charges, a maximum penalty of �  � 10 years' imprisonment & a fine of $250,000 on each bribery charge, & a �  � maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment & a fine of $250,000 on each �  � extortion charge. In total, Roti faces a maximum penalty of 170 years' �  � imprisonment & a fine of $2,750,000. �  읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸