Former DuPage Forest Preserve Employees Charged with Theft, Official Misconduct
Two former employees planned to bilk the Forest District of about $150,000, according to DuPage State's Attorney.
Two former DuPage Forest Preserve District employees face charges of stealing more than $100,000 from a government entity with two "elaborate" schemes over a six-year period, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin announced Wednesday. Mark McDonald, 53, of the 1000 block of Childs Street in Wheaton, and David Tepper, 49, of the 300 block of Franklin Avenue in River Forest, worked in the Forest Preserve's Information Technology department. McDonald was the director and Tepper was a manager, according to a press release from the State's Attorney's office. Arif Mahmood, 37, of Glendale Heights, a former contractor with the Forest District, also faces charges of stealing more than $10,000. The charges come on the heels of a report last …
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mike craven
11:33 am on Friday, September 7, 2012
Sorry for not getting into the details I thought were obvious. We've had our last two Governor's sent to prision and members of the staff. A few years back there were problems in the highway department. The list goes on and on. The point is that while in theory, it should be more efficient to have less agencies, there is more opportunity to hide bad behavior In a large agency (or company) The … more ›