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Split Seventh Circuit rejects probation sentence for Chicago alderman's fraud

By Douglas A. Berman

This post from last month noted a notable Seventh Circuit argument in which Judge Richard Posner extensively questioned the lenient sentence given to former Chicago Alderman Ed Vrdolyak.  As detailed in this local story, which is headlined "Vrdolyak's probation-only sentence overturned," the Seventh Circuit has now reversed that sentence: Former Chicago Ald. Ed Vrdolyak?s probation-only sentence for fraud has been overturned by an appellate panel, meaning he could face prison time when he is re-sentenced. Vrdolyak had pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the $15 million sale of a Gold Coast building belonging to the former Chicago Medical School, now called the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.  Vrdolyak schemed with school board member Stuart Levine to split a $1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 29, 2010 (boomark / email).