A whistle-blower from the firm that once operated the city's red light cameras has teamed up with the city to take down his former employers, the Tribune reports. Aaron Rosenberg, the former executive vice president with Redflex Traffic Systems, which still operates red light cameras in other cities, says he helped plan the bribery scandal at the behest of his bosses.
Last month Redflex's ex-chief executive Karen Finley pled guilty to bribing John Bills, a former city transportation exec who secured Redflex's contract with the city to operate the red light cameras several years ago under Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration. Bills is scheduled to be tried in federal court on bribery charges in January. Bills' attorney denies the allegations.
Redflex was awarded over $124 million under its contract with the city before Emanuel fired the firm, according to the Tribune. The city is seeking triple that amount in a lawsuit first filed under seal in April 15 and unsealed last week.
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http://chicagoist.com/2015/09/01/city_sues_red_light_camera_operator.php
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
NEWS: CHICAGO SUES RED LIGHT OPERATORS FOR 300 MILLION
The city has sued the ex-operators of Chicago's controversial red light camera program for $300 million after top executives were found to have participated in a $2 million bribery scam.
A whistle-blower from the firm that once operated the city's red light cameras has teamed up with the city to take down his former employers, the Tribune reports. Aaron Rosenberg, the former executive vice president with Redflex Traffic Systems, which still operates red light cameras in other cities, says he helped plan the bribery scandal at the behest of his bosses.
Last month Redflex's ex-chief executive Karen Finley pled guilty to bribing John Bills, a former city transportation exec who secured Redflex's contract with the city to operate the red light cameras several years ago under Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration. Bills is scheduled to be tried in federal court on bribery charges in January. Bills' attorney denies the allegations.
Redflex was awarded over $124 million under its contract with the city before Emanuel fired the firm, according to the Tribune. The city is seeking triple that amount in a lawsuit first filed under seal in April 15 and unsealed last week.
(link below)
http://chicagoist.com/2015/09/01/city_sues_red_light_camera_operator.php
A whistle-blower from the firm that once operated the city's red light cameras has teamed up with the city to take down his former employers, the Tribune reports. Aaron Rosenberg, the former executive vice president with Redflex Traffic Systems, which still operates red light cameras in other cities, says he helped plan the bribery scandal at the behest of his bosses.
Last month Redflex's ex-chief executive Karen Finley pled guilty to bribing John Bills, a former city transportation exec who secured Redflex's contract with the city to operate the red light cameras several years ago under Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration. Bills is scheduled to be tried in federal court on bribery charges in January. Bills' attorney denies the allegations.
Redflex was awarded over $124 million under its contract with the city before Emanuel fired the firm, according to the Tribune. The city is seeking triple that amount in a lawsuit first filed under seal in April 15 and unsealed last week.
(link below)
http://chicagoist.com/2015/09/01/city_sues_red_light_camera_operator.php
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