Former head of the Chicago Teamsters John T. Coli Sr. has been indicted with 13 new counts on top of charges he faced in July, all claiming that Coli was in the center of a massive extortion scandal. Only a few months following allegations that Coli extorted Cinespace Chicago Film Studios for $100,000 in July of 2016, federal prosecutors and other investigators have managed to piece together a timeline of bribery dating much farther back than they had previously imagined. Now prosecutors allege that Coli has extorted over $325,000 over the past 4 years, has falsely reported information to the Department of Labor, and has underreported his income on his tax statements. In the face of this plethora of charges, Coli has maintained that he did not abuse his power or commit any crimes.
See "Feds allege ex-top Chicago labor leader took even more bribes", Dan Mihalopoulos, Robert Herguth, Jon Seidel, Chicago Sun Times, September 22, 2017