CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- An employee for the Cook County office that handles property tax assessment appeals is at the center of an FBI investigation into bribe-taking.
Lower property tax assessments translate into lower property taxes. The Cook County Board of Review handles them. And now, according to the Sun-Times, the feds are investigating an employee for allegedly taking bribes while promising lower assessments in return.
According to the federal affidavit, a Board of Review employee allegedly offered to have property assessments lowered for bribes - $2,000 per commercial property and $1,000 for a home.
The affidavit also includes a picture of one employee who calls himself a “middle man," holding $22,000 in bribes. The employee allegedly said $250 per property was his cut, and that others in the office split the rest.
No one has been charged.
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