Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Mark McDonald and David Tepper deny charges they planned to bilk the DuPage County Forest Preserve of $150,000.
Mark McDonald and David Tepper, two former administrators at the DuPage County Forest Preserve, pleaded not guilty to charges they schemed to steal $150,000 from the forest preserve, the Daily Herald reported Tuesday. McDonald, 52, of Wheaton and Tepper, 49, of River Forest were arraigned Tuesday on 140 charges each of theft, accepting kickbacks and official misconduct. Keep up with Wheaton news: sign up for our free daily newsletter. Then like us on Facebook for a slightly different take. Authorities say the men planned to bilk the forest preserve of about $150,000. In the first plan, involving McDonald's and Tepper's company Integrated Design Solutions, the two former employees billed and received more than $90,000 from the forest …
Arif Mahmood, a former contractor charged with stealing more than $10,000 from the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, pleads not guilty to 37 felony counts including theft, accepting kickbacks and official misconduct.
One of three men charged in a scandal at the DuPage County Forest Preserve District pleaded not guilty Monday to 37 felony counts, the Daily Herald reported. He was indicted earlier this month on counts including theft by deception, accepting kickbacks and official misconduct. Keep up with Wheaton news: sign up for our free daily newsletter. Then like us on Facebook for a slightly different take. Mahmood, 37, of Glendale Heights, allegedly worked as a contractor with the forest preserve and worked with former forest preserve employees Mark McDonald, 53, of the 1000 block of Childs Street in Wheaton, and David Tepper, 49, of the 300 block of Franklin Avenue in River Forest, in a scheme to steal from the government agency, according to the …
Friday, September 7, 2012
Steven Leopoldo writes on charges for former employees of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. To send a letter to the editor, email Charlotte@Patch.com.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Wheaton Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Charlotte Eriksen at Charlotte@patch.com, or sent as a message through the Wheaton Patch Facebook page. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. Former DuPage Forest Preserve employees were charged yesterday with official misconduct, theft, taking kickbacks and unlawful participation in a scheme that allegedly defrauded taxpayers of over a hundred thousand dollars. A scheme that developed over the course of six years at the government agency, DuPage taxpayers are left today without official answers as to how payments for services unperformed and goods not delivered were still being paid. Taxpayers may have to wait until after the…
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County files civil action to recover stolen taxpayer dollars in an alleged scheme of two former employees.
Attorneys for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County filed a civil action in court today seeking to recover all taxpayer dollars possible related to alleged crimes by criminally charged ex-employees as well as an ex-vendor, according to a press release from the forest preserve. The complaint for declaratory judgment was filed in DuPage County Circuit Court as DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin on Wednesday announced charges against former Forest Preserve employees Mark McDonald and Dave Tepper, and Arif Mahmood from the computer vendor company Alamach Technologies, Inc. Authorities say the men planned to bilk the forest preserve of about $150,000. In their first plan, involving McDonald's and Tepper's company Integrated …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Two former DuPage County Forest Preserve District employees are charged with plans to bilk a government entity of more than $100,000.
Two former DuPage Forest Preserve District employees face charges of stealing more than $100,000 from a government entity with two "elaborate" schemes over a six-year period, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin announced Wednesday. Mark McDonald, 53, of the 1000 block of Childs Street in Wheaton, and David Tepper, 49, of the 300 block of Franklin Avenue in River Forest, worked in the Forest Preserve's IT department. McDonald was the director and Tepper was a manager, according to a press release from the State's Attorney's office. Arif Mahmood, 37, of Glendale Heights, a former contractor with the forest preserve, also faces charges of stealing more than $10,000. Authorities say the men planned to bilk the forest preserve of about…
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