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| News Date | Saturday, February 5, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | On December 17, 2003, a federal grand jury returned a twenty-two-count second
superseding indictment against defendants Lawrence E. Warner ("Warner") and George H. Ryan, Sr. ("Ryan"). In Count One, the grand jury charged that the defendants, being employed by and associated with an enterprise engaged in interstate commerce, namely the State of Illinois,
conspired with each other, and others known and unknown, to violate the RICO statute, that is, to conduct and participate in the conduct of the affairs of the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity involving multiple acts indictable under federal law (mail fraud, money
laundering, extortion, obstruction of justice) and under state law (bribery and bribery-related official misconduct). Count One further charged that it was part of the conspiracy that Warner and others (referred to in the second superseding indictment as "the Associates") provided
benefits to Ryan, Ryan family members, third parties affiliated with Ryan, and Ryan's political campaign committee (Citizens for Ryan or "CFR"), due to Ryan's official position and to
influence and reward Ryan in the exercise of Ryan's official authority; that Ryan took actions in his official capacity to benefit Warner and others while concealing his relationship with them; and that Ryan permitted Warner and others to participate in the governmental decision-making process and provided them with material, non-public information, which Warner and others converted into financial benefits for themselves, Ryan, and third parties.
Counts Two through Five and Seven through Ten charged that Warner and Ryan devised a scheme to defraud the people of the State of Illinois and the State of Illinois of money, property, and the right to the honest services of Ryan and other State of Illinois officials and employees by means of false pretenses, representations, promises and material omissions, and, in furtherance thereof, used the United States mails and other inter |
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