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Chicago Clerk Sentenced for $356,000 CTA Retirement Plan Theft
A former clerk for the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $356,000 in Plan funds.
On April 9, 2024, U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly imposed the year-and-a-day sentence on Ayanne Nesbitt, 51, of Chicago, after a hearing in federal court in Chicago.
Nesbitt, a public employee, abused her position to benefit herself and those close to her, argued Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher K. Veatch in the government’s sentencing memorandum.
From 2019 to 2021, Nesbitt defrauded the Plan of approximately $356,934 by creating and obtaining approval for approximately 43 fraudulent requests for the Plan to issue various benefits to CTA employees or their beneficiaries, including pension and death benefit payments, and refunds of pension contributions.
The fraudulent requests contained false representations about the purported recipients’ identities and entitlement to the payments. Nesbitt had the payments sent to financial accounts she controlled or else had the money paid to others and then transferred to Nesbitt.
The sentence was announced by Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Robert W. “Wes” Wheeler, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. The Retirement Plan for CTA Employees provided valuable assistance in the investigation.
The exact charges against Nesbitt were not specified in the press release, but she pleaded guilty earlier this year to a wire fraud charge.
Key Facts
- State: Illinois
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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