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Sheriff Tom Dart Employee Collected Nearly $90K in Health Benefits While on 5-year Personal Leave, Watchdog Finds

Executive Director Sarah Brune was quoted in this article.

Via – The Chicago Tribune

“A high-ranking aide to Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart took nearly five years of personal leave to work on his private security business while also collecting nearly $90,000 in health benefits that a public watchdog said he wasn’t entitled to, records and interviews show.

Former special assistant to the sheriff Julius “Jay” Rutili took a personal leave beginning in November 2011 to manage his personal company, Forest Security, the sheriff’s office said. He remained on leave and was improperly covered under the county’s health benefits until his resignation in July 2016, an investigation by Cook County Inspector General Patrick Blanchard found.”

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