CHICAGO (AP) - A one-time deputy chief of staff to former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has pleaded guilty in a scheme in which he cashed dozens checks made out to a charity and pocketed some of the money.
In a news release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says 65-year-old Gene Lee pleaded guilty to theft and filing a false income tax return. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on the theft count and three years on the tax count.
The release says Lee admitted that between 2007 and 2010 he stole a portion of donations he solicited for an event in Chicago’s Chinatown called the Summer Fair and covered up the scheme by under reporting just how much money had been contributed. Prosecutors say Lee misappropriated more than $92,000.
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