15 Charged After Building-Permit Bribery Investigation

By Margaret Lyons in News on May 22, 2008 4:55PM

Fifteen people, including seven city employees, are being charged with crimes connected to corruption and bribery within the Chicago's Building and Zoning Departments. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, the city's inspector general David Hoffman, FBI officials and postal inspectors are holding a press conference later this afternoon to explain all the charges. Damn. [S-T, Trib]