From the Associated Press

Lobbying firm indicted, Fawell reindicted in licenses for sale scandal
Tuesday February 10, 2004
CHICAGO (AP) Former Gov. George Ryan's longtime top aide, already serving
prison time of racketeering, was charged Tuesday along with two other people
and a lobbying firm in an alleged $11.5 million bid-rigging scheme as
prosecutors stepped up pressure on him to turn federal witness and provide
evidence against his one-time boss.
Scott Fawell, 46, was accused of providing inside information to a
contractor, Jacobs Facilities Inc. of St. Louis, that enabled the company to
lower its bid from $18.8 million to $11.5 million and eventually land a
major government contract.
The contract was for expansion at the massive McCormick Place exposition
center on Chicago's downtown lakefront.

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