| Number | 17708 |
| Subject | Whistleblowers |
| Source | Chicago Magazine |
| State | IL |
| Year | 2001 |
| Publication Date | January 2001 |
| Summary | This article tells how one man "for years tried to expose corruption in the state driver's license facility where he worked. ... He told of how would-be truck drivers were paying bribes to get commercial driver's licenses, known as CDLs, and how he suspected the state employees taking the bribes in turn used the money to satisfy the intense pressure to buy tickets to political fundraisers held for the boss, (Governor) Ryan. ... Then a horrific highway accident killed six children." |
| Category | General |
| Pages | 9 |
| Keywords | whistleblowers;fake drivers licenses;fraud;automobiles;accident |
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