Source: Feds Probe Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, First Lady For Property Tax Appeals On Gold Coast Mansion:
The county watchdog said all of that amounted to a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers out of more than $331,000. ...
The property tax scandal picked up steam just a month before the
November 2018 gubernatorial election, when the Chicago Sun-Times
published news of a confidential memo from Cook County Inspector General
Patrick Blanchard. ...
The confidential Sept. 28, 2018 report by the inspector general
characterized the Pritzkers’ tax appeal as a “scheme to defraud”
taxpayers. Blanchard also connected the scheme to possible violations of
state and federal law, including perjury and mail fraud.
