CHICAGO (CBS)– Former Illinois State Sen. Tom Cullerton will learn his fate in federal court Tuesday.
He is expected in court at 10:30 a.m.
Cullerton pled guilty in a federal embezzlement case, admitting he took more than $250,000 in salary and benefits in a ghost-payrolling scheme involving the Teamsters labor union.
Cullerton, 52, resigned from office, shortly before his defense attorney told a federal judge he planned to plead guilty to the case.
Cullerton, a Democrat from Villa Park, was indicted in 2019 on one count of conspiracy to embezzle from a labor union, 39 counts of embezzlement from a labor union, and one count of making false statements.