June 21, 2022
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton to a year in prison for embezzlement, after the ex-lawmaker admitted earlier this year that he received a salary, a car and benefits from a Teamsters division while performing little to no work.
March 08, 2022
Former Illinois state senator Tom Cullerton pled guilty to an embezzlement charge in Illinois federal court Tuesday roughly a month before he was set to go to trial on allegations he ripped off a Teamsters division.
August 16, 2019
An Illinois state senator told a federal judge Friday that he is not guilty of charges alleging he received a salary and benefits from a labor union, but did little to no work in his position as an organizer.