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The undercover video was one of several recordings made by Solis that were released to the Tribune for the first time this week ahead of Roberto Caldero’s sentencing. ....
A longtime political operative at the center of the investigation into former Ald. Daniel Solis pleaded guilty Friday to variety of fraud schemes. ....
Mark Brown / Sun-Times The upper floors of the Cacciatore family’s eight-story brick office building at Wells and Congress offer a perfect view of Oscar D’Angelo Park just across the street. For some members of the Cacciatore family, that was a source of irritation: being stuck with a view of a park named for D’Angelo on what they considered their South Loop turf. After nearly three decades of suffering, they asked the Chicago Park District to rename the park for their family patriarch. Thus was borne one of the most unusual attempted bribery allegations in memory. In a recent federal indictment, prosecutors accuse government affairs consultant Roberto Caldero of promising $50,000 in campaign contributions from the Cacciatores to then-Ald. Danny Solis (25th) in exchange for Solis arranging an honorary street name designation for one deceased Cacciatore family member and renaming the park for another. ....
Political operative with ties to former Ald. Daniel Solis probe pleads not guilty to school-contract fraud, bribery involving park renaming chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A longtime political operative at the center of the investigation into former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis pleaded not guilty Friday in alleged schemes to influence a massive Chicago Public Schools janitorial contact and solicit campaign cash for Solis. Roberto Caldero, 68, was charged last week in an eight-count indictment with wire fraud, federal program bribery and facilitating bribery, allegedly in a plan to exchange the contributions for the aldermanâs help renaming a street and city park. He pleaded not guilty during a telephonic arraignment before U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger. The most serious charges call for up to 20 years in prison if convicted. ....