CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A high-ranking administrator with Chicago Public Schools has been ousted after the inspector general of CPS has found more fraud in the federal government’s COVID relief program.
Inspector General Will Fletcher found a top central office administrator inflated how much she earned in a side business that was not reported to CPS to get a PPP loan of more than $15,000.
The Sun-Times has identified her as Crystal Cooper, who earned $220,000 as the head of school operations for the district before she resigned. The IG has found now 14 CPS employees lied in their loan applications, all but one earned at least 6-figure salaries.
Fletcher said in this report the agency lacks the resources to do another 700 cases, so it will continue to focus on CPS supervisors and those in positions of trust.
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