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Ex-Bloomingdale Township highway commissioner gets prison for kickback scheme

Robert Czernek got more than three years in prison in bill-padding scam that bilked west suburban township out of more than $500,000.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 14, 2023

Man convicted in Bloomingdale Township kickback scheme gets 5 years

Mario Giannini, who worked for Bulldog Earth Movers, was found guilty after a trial featuring testimony of the township’s disgraced former commissioner, Robert Czernek.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 8, 2022

1 convicted of paying kickbacks to disgraced ex-Bloomingdale Township road commissioner

A jury on Monday convicted Mario Giannini, who worked for Bulldog Earth Movers, at the end of a weeklong trial that featured the testimony of former Bloomingdale Township Highway Commissioner Robert Czernek.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 13, 2022

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Judge acquits woman in Bloomingdale Township kickback trial before co-defendant takes stand

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly’s acquittal of Debra Fazio after the feds rested their case amounts to an extremely rare loss for prosecutors.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 10, 2022

Man showed off ‘expensive’ toy trucks amid $700K scam of Bloomingdale Twp., ex-road commish claims

Robert Czernek told that story from the witness stand at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where he spent hours Wednesday testifying about a scheme in which he steered more than $700,000 to Bulldog Earth Movers while taking more than $281,000 in kickbacks.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 8, 2022

Ex-Bloomingdale Township official says couple paid him off, but defense warns jury not to trust him

Debra Fazio and Mario Giannini were charged along with Robert Czernek back in August 2020 and accused of an eight-year scheme in which Bloomingdale Township improperly paid more than $700,000 to Bulldog Earth Movers, an excavation company owned by Fazio.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 4, 2022

Ex-suburban highway commissioner admits taking $281,000 in kickbacks — except for in an election year

Robert Czernek told a judge he has not worked since December 2020 but was previously the highway commissioner of the Bloomingdale Township Road District.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 24, 2022

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