Labels:text | screenshot | black and white | font | number OCR: Former Chicago Alderman Convicted Of Racketeering Page 76 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 ...
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