Then-Ald. Carrie Austin speaks about the curfew ordinance during a City Council meeting, May 25, 2022, at City Hall.
The project manager for a Chicago-area construction company is the latest to be charged in an alleged scheme to bribe an employee of the Cook County assessor’s office, part of a larger corruption probe that also ensnared former 34th Ward Ald. Carrie Austin. John Bodendorfer, 55, of Chicago, was charged with bribery conspiracy and wire fraud in a three-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court last week, court records show. An initial court date had not been set as of Monday.
In September 2017, Bodendorfer told Memisovski in a recorded call that he knew that the work amounted to “not even 5%” of the assistance Memisovski had given them with the property assessments, according to the indictment.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.