Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Hawkins
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 26, 2015No. 14-1892, 14-1908PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Hawkins and John Racasi were employed as analysts on the staff of Larry Rogers, a member of the Cook County Board of Review, when they accepted money from Ali Haleem, a corrupt Chicago police officer acting as an undercover agent in order to reduce the penalties for his own crimes. The Board of Review hears complaints by property owners who believe that the assessed valuation (which affects real-estate taxes) is excessive. Haleem paid Hawkins and Racasi to arrange for lower assessments. They took his money, and the assessments were reduced, except for one…
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