A fifth Chicago man is accused of submitting fake work documents to get permission to move around while on electronic monitoring. And one of the previously-charged men is now accused of murder.
Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a man who allegedly provided Cook County officials with phony employment verification records so he could move around Chicago while on electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for a felony narcotics case in 2018 and 2019.
A Chicago man presented fake employment verification records to authorities so he could move around the city while on electronic monitoring awaiting trial for being a felon in possession of a firearm, prosecutors said this week.
The former City Colleges of Chicago basketball coach who allegedly forged employment verification records so people on electronic monitoring (EM) could move around Chicago for “jobs” they didn’t really have has been fired from a coaching job he landed last month.
Prosecutors have charged a five-time felon with using forged employment records to secure permission to move around Chicago while he was on electronic monitoring for a manufacture-delivery of heroin case in 2019.
Prosecutors said a City Colleges of Chicago basketball coach forged employment records so people who were on electronic monitoring for pending criminal cases could move around the city for jobs they didn’t really have.