Two Top Mayor Brandon Johnson Aides Had Ties to Tech Consultant at Center of Hiring, Contracting Scandal – Chicago Sun-Times

Two top Mayor Brandon Johnson aides had ties to tech consultant at center of hiring, contracting scandal – Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson’s comptroller Michael Belsky worked for EKI-Digital as it was pushing City Hall to pay nearly $10 million in questionable invoices. Johnson’s former chief operating officer John Roberson also once worked for the company and was part of a city review of EKI amid billing concerns.

Two top Mayor Brandon Johnson aides had ties to tech consultant at center of hiring, contracting scandal

Mayor Brandon Johnson has dismissed a hiring and contracting scandal that was the subject of an investigation by City Hall’s inspector general as a matter involving a “previous mayoral administration,” that of former Mayor Lori Lightfoot.But two top aides to Johnson had ties to the consulting company at the center of the scandal, EKI-Digital. And one of them, John Roberson, was involved in the decision to pay the technology firm $600,000 in taxp…