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WBGZ Radio 2/4/2021 |
By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio
Former Illinois State Senator and one-time gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann has been indicted by a federal Grand Jury, charged with fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. It is alleged the 51-year-old Plainview Republican misused his campaign money for personal expenses.
McCann is accused of engaging in a scheme to convert more than $200,000 in contributions and donations made to his campaign committees to pay himself and make personal purchases between May 2015 and June 2020. He is accused of concealing his fraud from donors, the public, the Illinois State Board of Elections, and law enforcement authorities. McCann served as a state senator for the 49th District of Illinois from 2011 to 2013 and for the redrawn 50th District from 2013 to January 2019. If convicted, the penalty for each of the seven counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering is up to 20 years in prison. The statutory penalty for tax evasion i