Still?
The scandal that never seems to end:
Eight more Chicago cops have been caught pocketing pandemic relief money they weren’t entitled to — pushing the city watchdog’s tally to 44 officers, with more investigations nearing the finish line.
Inspector General David Glockner said Thursday his office found evidence the eight officers illegally collected more than $191,000 through two federal programs meant to keep businesses afloat during the COVID-19 crisis.
The latest findings involve money obtained through the Paycheck Protection Program and a federal economic injury disaster assistance program. Both offered a financial lifeline to businesses battered by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud have been identified in those same programs.
Glockner’s office recommended firing six of the officers. The other two quit while investigators were still digging.
Anyone have the tally on OEMC employees caught dirty? Or CTU employees?
Curious that the only corruption highlighted seems to be from one department.
Labels: scandals
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
125 Comments:
Let's just say they're deflecting away towards easier targets. Hoping conehead has tainted hands and gets picked up in this debacle along with his syncophants.
How many bosses are on this list? How many are meritorious?
Hold everyone accountable.
Sworn Chicago Police Personnel knowingly and willingly lied and defrauded the federal government , in writing, for their own personal monetary gain.
Anyone who got money they shouldn’t have needs to go to jail/prison for a long, long time!
The Sun Times loves using the same picture over and over whenever a new loan scandal is announced. Its a picture of all white males in uniform at a ceremony. Why can't they use a more honest picture.
Feds did charge a senior former schools official.
Here's hoping they go after some elected officials.
Might take awhile as they might have said officials wired up on other officials.
It's the federal way.
heard Rob NO See Nada is really mad Jrat didnt suspend Mette. He can beat you Daddy!!!
CPS teachers always biggest drunks and thief’s. Only worked 6 months a year and lived in suburbs. Drunks still to this day. Pitiful
This is your scamming Chief of Patrol:
Remember boys and girls, it's all legit...
ANDRE PARHAM
Loan Amount
$20,832
Includes any accrued interest
Where applicants said the money will go
Payroll
$20,827
Utilities
$1
Mortgage Interest
$0
Health Care
$0
Rent
$0
Refinance EIDL
$0
Debt Interest
$0
Location
Chicago, IL
Urban
Industry
Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations)
Date Approved
May 11, 2021 (First Round)
Lender
Prestamos CDFI, LLC
Jobs Reported
1
Business Type
Sole Proprietorship
Business Age
Existing or more than 2 years old
OEMC is like the CTU, Blow Job Johnson won't touch his voting base. Funny all the new City workers can read or write either..
Bet the gold star club skates with zero accountability!
Retired P.O. of 26 years here.
Why is the police department hiring radical leftists? I was at a restaurant and saw a male 2 reading a book. What was he reading? He was reading a book by Bobby Seale- To Die For The People. I informed him that the Black Panther Party was a radical leftist organization and they were anti police. He told me all of this nonsense about the Black Panther Party and the struggles of black people.
Mind you, this is coming from a male 2. Our education system has made young white kids feel guilty for the sins of the past. In my day someone like him would be kicked out of the department.
...and can we get names & mugshots?
...Maybe try to see if those arrested had any common associate who may have been offering lessons in Gaming the System?
Other depts have employees that have also been found guilty of abusing the Covid ppp loan program. The difference is that as police officers were held to a higher standard. It’s also really easy to jump on the “I hate the police” bandwagon. Teachers, fire fighters, even garbage men are the real hero’s in society. Teachers don’t give out parking tickets or pull you over and scold you for breaking a law. So society seizes any chance it can at throwing stones at cops, because it’s low hanging fruit. Or we’re just the morons who keep getting caught…
amazing how so many can be so dumb.
sad part is it takes the city so long to work up a case.
doing their part to ease the city's pension obligations
Slum Times, keeping it slummy
Don't you demonize dem CTU's!
-- Conehead
CFD Exempt rank also received a PPP check.
Can we see the list of who was terminated from the department for this
Hmm.....could all this pandemic cash floating around result in higher prices?
They has larceny in their hearts.
They gonna be alright after time in the pokey, paying back the loan with interest and penalties ad getting a federal inmate mugshot. There is light at the end of the tunnel. They now have the prison creds and the accompanying resume job titles making them eligible for community employment as paid violence interrupters making tall bank while on work release. See violence interrupters are just another government payment scam but better. Its grand theft larceny and deception that is on the books legit. And they paid their dues to society and now they are giving back to the community.
The hiring standard have dropped so much that the new recruits are about the same as ghetto gas station security guards.
Don’t forget our National Anthem singing FOP Field Rep Kenyatta Gaines. She got PPP money for a nonexistent business.
Fast money is just part of their culture. Get rich or die trying.
OT CTU is such a misnomer, it should be changed to CUTU,
Chicago UnTeachers Union.
These union members have not taught Chicago kids in 70+ years. The test scores tell the truth.
Are any other city departments getting scrutinized? Not saying let CPD thieves get away with anything, but WTF! What about finding teachers and plumbers and water dept workers or -heaven forbid- a few politicians who scammed cash??? Lousy MSM and its biases!
It is not amazing to me.
Weird chicago police cant enforce federal immigration laws on migrants but The inspector general can download names from a FED data base match up all the city employees and then start an investigation without probable cause??? they did steal but if you received money legal they have a file on you now at the inspector general office... IF FLOCK CAMERAS A BIG DEAL WHAT IS THIS?
Instant gratification today. Live for today not tomorrow. But in reality they lost their pension, their professional reputation and possibly their freedom changing out of a blue shirt into an M.C.C. orange jumpsuit.
Fire and charge all with a felony
Very good! You can read, clown.
Does anyone know where they drink?
I agree but we should realize that were held to a higher standard and will be dragged thru the mud for anything we do or say.
Everyone else gets fired, he’ll get promoted again. If the department doesn’t take action against him that’s shameful. Shame on you Andre!
This is the actual report. It does not name names.
https://igchicago.org/publications/quarterly-report-q3-2026/#docaccess-6cccf01537011b72a3051d80ee472a51
Lots of the OEMC police dispatchers left or quit already but about 15-20 still remain. They fit a certain gender and demographic so don’t expect much accountability theys da church peoples (folks). Once again not one on the fire operations side were dirty not one just on the police operations side. Guess why that is.
The banks that made the loans in the first place should have to repay them. The banks were to vet the business, they fabricated all the docs for them.
Don't forget that they make more than a Police Officer who is out risking his/her life year round. The teach nothing teachers are out partying on weekends and holidays, and 6 months out of the year they're on vacation
Must have been one of them raised in a bubble Libtard from the suburbs, have no clue about the real history of the terrorist black panther organization, and all the terroristic acts they carried out back in the day. We as a civil society are on a lifeline, and one generation away from losing the American way of life. The trojan horse is mass Illegal migration and Libtards voting communists into office.
Anything to demoralize, plain and simple.
You know that some teachers are dirty! They can't help it...
Selective investigations. Selective punishments. Bypassing known identities same criminal acts because of political influences/ promises. Grounds for civil suits.
Don’t ever forget, off duty sgt stalks from the comfort of his luxury suv, the neighborhood autistic kid, attempts to murder him, caught lying on camera, exempt members caught lying on camera, all get to walk free and/ or get promoted.
Considering the I G couldn't solve a lost dog case how are they able to investigate federal loan fraud? How and where are they getting the info to determine these people committed fraud? Im not excusing what they did but why arent they being charged with a crime? Does this mean the I G can perform there own criminal investigations and move to fire you even though you arent charged criminally?
Poor Bastard grew up eating to much Soy.
Let me guess? Nail salon, Basement Barbershop, 2 Man Security Firm?
Wrong Parham
The left is all about symbolism. That poor excuse of a police officer could have read that book in the privacy of his own home, but he did it in public to virtue signal.
We are in the end times where people of his ilk have no moral compass and are easily led. They believe bad is good and good is bad, and will gladly believe the coming false prophet and bow down to worship the antichrist.
And those with clout will be protected. All the others, not so much.
They are prosectuting the low hanging fruit, while the statute of limitations runs out on the people who are really connected...It is the Chicago way...
OT: see the new Lt assignments? 5 new Lts going to 002 outta the small class. Also 3 going to 010. Any chance there’s a problem with the leadership in those districts?
Speaking of scandals - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/surprise-final-cost-obamas-hideous-presidential-center-now/
ABC News, Channel 7, had a long segment on the BP's. They spoke of how great they were to the community and such. All fake, all BS. If it weren't for my fave "weather chick" I wouldn't watch the news at all.
....and got his ass kicked.
How did they promote this moron to Chief of Patrol?
I be a business man
Assata I Olugbala was hired in 2005 and changed her name to that of a cop killer, and was able to stay on the job. I don’t know when she changed her name but she was hired 20 years ago, so this isn’t just a problem with new coppers. Lots of officers with time on the job that don’t have their minds right.
Retired but let me get this straight. The chief of patrol is one that was scamming the government for Covid funds. If so he should be fired and charged but this is corrupt CPD promote the guy
The OIG report doesn’t name them, yet.
That is not him you doo doo brain.
How true. The BP have been sanitized. I bet no politician today would dare speak negatively on those lads. Unbelievable.
Good guy with a gun stops a active shooter in a school in Oregon.
Speaking of Triple P Loans, what is going on with the dispatchers at the OEMC? Has anyone been fired? Someone asked this question in a previous discussion, “does the discharged loan have to be reported as income?” The answer is yes (for the majority of the dispatchers and everyone else who fraudulently obtained the loan or improperly used the loan proceeds). Mr. Tax Man, please set up shop at the Chicago OEMC to get your numbers, you will earn a promotion, rise through the ranks, and make a name for yourself.
All the city has to do is conduct a deep-dive into the Triple P Loan Fraud police officers, the department will find around 600 to 1,000 officers who committed the fraud. That is an easy way to decimate the department. There are way too many officers who are too “smart” for their own good and received the Triple P funds. If they fire any officer for this crime, then they are pretty much cornering themselves into having to fire all of the involved officers. It appears that disciplinary actions are coming because a few officers have already been stripped.
If this estimate appears ridiculous, then try this experiment; run 10 of your fellow officer’s names from the district that you are in. You are going to get a few hits. They just have not been uncovered yet.
If a few people run this experiment and post the results on the (with the permission of the SCC Blog Operators) blog, post two metrics: (1) the actual results—e.g., 5 out of 10 and (2) adjust the results using human intelligence (the number is too high because I ran 10 shady officers or the number is too low because I ran 10 upstanding officers)—in other words, if you ran what appear to be 10 upstanding officers and you get 3 out of 10, then use your human intelligence to adjust the number upwards (for example, 6 out of 10).
Thereafter, statistical experiments can be performed on the results to get a reasonable (and probable close) estimate of the number of officers who committed the fraud. I have a haunch that my estimate (600 to 1,000) is too low.
The slum times is a propaganda arm of the socialist democrats. Truth never gets in the way of the socialist narrative.
Would conviction in defrauding taxpayers like this mean a CPD officer would lose their pension?
(Honest question here from a civilian)
You senile pedophile, a person is allowed to read what he or she wants to read. You have no clue about how much you just disclosed about yourself by making your comments. So a person who does not agree with your views, should not be a police officer? Only your views are correct and you are the book police? Please stay away from the kids.
Anyone know if this is why Senora Ben disappeared so quick?
Almost as good a gig as CTU organizer/Preckwinkle puppet/mentally deficient Mayor
Anywhere where there is wine and beer. That’s why they have bad complexions.
they should lose the pension
fire everyone of them, maybe a short prison term. bastards have a good job and are thieves
What do you care?
(Honest question here from a retired PO)
County has 500 employess who drank from till....
Start with the Chief of Patrol.
You can be fired for police related felony convictions. They could be investigated for bringing discredit to the department, but that may not rise to the level of termination only a suspension.
Im sure she'll get a DEI connected job somewhere to help with her exempt pension.
Doubt it. Official misconduct is the only guilty charge that gets your pension taken. If it’s not job related, they won’t charge you with it.
wow,,good thing I only cashed my dead momma's social security checks for 10 years, got caught and then retired with full gold star pension
Small potatoes compared to the high ranking boss who cashed his dead momma's SS checks for over 20 years and managed to stay out of jail and get his pension. This guy put Moses to shame.
That is what I’d heard. She found out the axe was falling and got outta dodge.
Yep. Both commanders are merit imbeciles.
Yes I believe that is a proper summary of the article. Thank you Grok.
You would think the federal government would do its due diligence and conduct a search through the international risk mitigation company such as Reed Elsevier and associated companies. This company has been collecting, actually capturing, info such as business bank loans and credit lines, state business filings, all public filings, info from utility billing and subscriber info, phone subscription info, credit information collected to assist insurance underwriters, both mail and package deliveries from the postal service and private companies, social media business postings, business e-mail and IP addresses, insurance on assets and businesses, criminal histories along with dispositions of PPP loan submitters, known business associated and close contacts, vehicle registered in the business's name, banking info including account info submitted on passport applications, banking loans, small business filings, business credit histories, and other sources of info. Trust, but verify the business's existence. Fraud was by design and permitted as government bureaucrats couldn't perform simple internet searches nor utilize covert information collection companies selling information on all Americans and known businesses for a price. American citizens have no right to privacy, nor do registered businesses.
Thanks Congress and the special interest lobbyists who see the need to legalize the covert business practices of the information collection billion dollar industry. The premise of all these private information collection businesses legitimacy is to prevent fraud. You would think government bureaucrats would use their intrusive services after codifying into law friendly legislation submitted by the information collection industry's legal representatives. Or was this all a lie to keep tabs on its citizens and for use against those who challenge the established power structure.
How about Chicago Union Non Teachers?
Hopefully they declared this "income" on their federal and state tax annual filings.
Remember the gold badge Commander Kenneth Johnson who collected his dead mother's social security entitlement benefits for 23 years while employed as a police officer? He collected $383,064 for two decades and didn't have a clue where the money was coming from as he used it for vacations, hotels and airfare. He received a sentence of six month community confinement (?) and two years on probation along with repayment of the money. These PPP fraudsters will be ahhhright given the severity of the ex-commanders criminal enterprise and the light sentencing by a federal court.
What about Yolanda Talley, the merit appointed loyal democrat Thief Chief of Internal Affairs Division collecting her very own PPP loan to a residence which she did not reside in, but her Lexus used in a substantial drug bust may have been registered to. Good job Chief thief! So lets promote her overlooking criminal and Rule 14 allegations promoting her to First Deputy or second in charge of CPD. No state Attorney General Investigation, no Cook County Public Corruption Unit investigation, no city Inspector General Investigation, no fbi public corruption squad investigation, no copa dirtying up like investigation, no appointed independent States Attorney inquiry from another county and no federal Dept of Justice investigation despite having serious accusations being exposed in numerous media outlets including CWB Chicago and this blog. Nothing. Nada. No investigation, No discipline, No worries.. Yet officers are routinely investigated by these incompetent public corruption bastards. And the balls of IAD and copa to give officers suspensions for not activating their body worn cameras in a timely fashion. Officers are routinely disciplined for inconsequential B.S. which has no bearing on actual public safety. But this female merit all the way white shirt gold braid commits perjury, collects public money through a federal criminal act and runs the investigative unit that routinely terrorizes the unfortunate minions who are obligated to perform police duties risking their lives and professional reputations under the constant threat of endless, unnecessary investigations. God Bless the Men and Women in Blue who risk it all. And Talley collects a pension dodging criminal prosecution while officers some officers are humiliated sent to callback purgatory and are prisoners of the nonsense generated by the selective enforcement IAD goons.
The bottomless pit never ceases to produce......
Are you serious ? Have you ever stepped foot in the deuce ? Place has been a disaster for the longest.
What if you had a legit business with a loss from covid?
If convicted of a felony. Maybe able to plea down to misdemeanor if resign and admit guilt. 20 year pension ok but no one going to retire on unless it’s a gold star spot. And no gold star getting charged.
She should be fired.
Provided they have the years of service, they wouldn’t lose their pension unless the crime had something to do with doing their job. The F/1 Sgt they caught in the PPP recently just retired in June right after she made her 20 years
Your pension only gets taken away if whatever crime you commit is being done while in the performance of your official duties. Same goes for any job that affords you a pension in this state.
The city can fire the fraudsters but they cannot charge them with a crime for they have no jurisdiction for federal crimes.
Hb the two REGINALDS from first class of lts. Both merit. Both PPP loans. It’s all legit boys and girls.
Felony conviction yes, but if conviction/supervision/probation it's sadly no. Blame FOP lawyers.
In his defense, Andre can’t read or count. Therefore he could not knowingly defraud.
….but their feet were honest.
We don’t believe you troll!
You need to get laid. Seriously.
I knew something was up when her outfits got upgraded
Senile pedophile? You are a fkn turd. There is nothing a white guy could learn from any Black Panther shithead other than how much they despise him. Would a black copper waste his time reading a book about the heroes of the Confederacy? Libtard white cops are the absolute last people you want enforcing the law. They will use their power to virtue signal all day long punishing whites and ignoring or downplaying the crimes of non whites in the name of "equity". Just look at policing in the UK. The pedo crack makes me think you're a drag queen storytime pervert hanging around the library.
"Thief’s"? You must have been taught by them.
"Grand theft larceny" isn't a thing.
Hey, don't talk about my home that way. I've raised and nourished several generations of cockroaches and mice in the basement of that wonderful building. My little families even join us at roll call.
Ironically, this the only fraud JCat hasn’t been accused of. lol
Official misconduct conviction only gets your pension taken away. Meaning on the job or job related.
You have the sequence out of order. The purpose of the investigation is to determine if probable cause exists.
It’s an imperfect world. Make the job work for you. Wage, promotion, tuition reimbursement, etc. use job to get IT degree and walk or use it to get non police side job and work from home or get law degree and put that to work.
You’ll go nuts stressing on how dysfunctional the structure of this job is, how mismanaged it is, and all the special people with inside spots.
We get paid more and more year after year to do less and less.
Make it work for you.
ooops, did I say 10 years,,, I meant over 20 years
10/16/2026 02:00:59 PM:
You're another member of the professional "victim class".
You weren't there, and you're outraged.
Only the suburban housewife voters would be surprised.
Reggie Malone. Merit Lt and has PPP loans. Eric Carters boy
Please stay away from the kids.
10/16/2026 02:00:59 PM
So you’re condoning this left wing, radical, anti-police behavior?
And you want to toss out a baseless accusation of someone being a Pedo too?
Man, Ive met a whole lot of pieces of shit on this job, but you got to be up on the top of that list.
No shit, Sherlock!
Now figure out who they are!
You’re ASSUMING that this corruption ends with the individual.
Let’s say all (or at least 99%) of these individuals belong to a certain group.
Now when the investigation comes out, it makes this certain group look bad.
Maybe a mayor is part of this group, maybe many high profile politicians and heads of other offices belong to this group.
Maybe all of them don’t want this group to look bad?!?!
Make it work for you.
10/17/2026 06:55:34 AM
I’ve read a lot of stuff on this Blog.
Some good, some bad.
Some truth, some bullshit.
But you Sir/Ma’am, are 100% correct!
Probably the best advice I’ve read on here in a LONG time!
10/16/2026 04:09:03 PM
An honest question from a citizen on a public police blog doesn’t deserve your flippant reply. That citizen may be a taxpayer and has a right to answers since he might be paying our salary.
It's funny during covid I knew legit contractors that applied for ppp loans and were denied. I never heard from my usual sources that this was literally a smash and grab. How did an entire community who can barely read and according to the awful are so stupid they can't aquire ID all find out immediately that this would be free money and nobody would check ? I mean really ? Remember when pritzger announce there would be no investigations ? He said people needed money in a hurry and mistakes were made and the state didn't have time to investigate. I wonder if it was pigsters money stolen if he would find time to see who stole it. Shows you what they think of us and our tax dollars
Weren't the Carter"s on the list of PPP loans? How did they beat the rap?
That's why I feel the majority of these loans were "Coached" by someone who had figured out how to game the system & offered help [at a price?] to their brothers & sisters, or fellow congregation members, etc. Should be an effort to find out who the false PPP Loantakers knew in common, and charge the "instructors" with significant prison time for orchestrating an Ongoing Criminal Financial Enterprise.
Easy pickings for any Federal Prosecutor in Chicago, if they could ever be bothered.
lock them all up,fire them and take away pension benefits
Lost dog cases are actually pretty difficult to solve. Did you ever find one?
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