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Ex-Illinois House leader Luis Arroyo sentenced for bribery scheme

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Former Illinois state Rep. Luis Arroyo was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison. He pleaded guilty last year to a bribery scheme in which he offered a member of the Illinois Senate monthly payments to support a bill that sought to legalize sweepstakes machines. Judge Steven Seeger called him a dirty politician who was on the take and a corruption super-spreader.

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Ex-Illinois House leader Arroyo sentenced for bribery scheme

A former Democratic leader in the Illinois House was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme.

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Ex-Illinois House leader Arroyo sentenced for bribery scheme

A former Democratic leader in the Illinois House has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme

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Ex-Illinois House leader Luis Arroyo sentenced for bribery scheme

A former Democratic leader in the Illinois House was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme.

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Former IL Rep. Luis Arroyo gets 57 months for bribery scheme

CHICAGO — Former State Rep. Luis Arroyo will spend just under five years in federal prison for his part in a bribery scheme. A federal judge sentenced Arroyo to 57 months in prison. He was charged with bribery in October 2019.A criminal complaint alleged Arroyo gave a $2,500 bribe to a sitting state senator who had been cooperating with federal investigators. The senator was not named in the complaint.The bribe was part of a scam that involved p…

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