Politics & Government

FBI Investigates DuPage Forest Preserve Contracts

The FBI has joined an investigation of contracts that allegedly benefited two former DuPage Forest Preserve District employees, the Better Government Association and Daily Herald are reporting.

The FBI is investigating allegations that Forest Preserve District of DuPage County contracts that went to Chicago-based Alamach Technologies Inc. benefitted two former district employees, according to the Daily Herald and Better Government Association.

The former employees worked in the district's information technology department. The district that two administrative employees were suspended without pay for "possible misuse of taxpayer funds and/or resources." District officials said in November they had no further comment while authorities reviewed the issue.

One of the employees resigned Nov. 7 and the other was terminated Nov. 15.

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Between November 2009 and October 2011, the district paid Alamach more than $488,000 for consulting and other technology services, according to the Daily Herald and BGA report. The contracts go back at least a year and were worth about $12,000 a month, the Daily Herald reported Nov. 24.

Public records show Alamach was dissolved in May.

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The district employs about 306 full-time and 45 part-time employees, with administrative at 3S580 Naperville Road in Wheaton.

The district in June launched a "" on its website that allows the public to search information regarding district spending, salaries, taxes and fees, lobbyists, meeting minutes and agendas, and FOIA requests.

Read the full report on the Daily Herald website.


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