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Description: Chicago, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence, requesting or demanding money or a thing of value, and making false or fraudulent statements.

John T. Coli, Sr., 63 from Putman, Illinois pleaded guilty pursuant to a cooperation plea agreement in 2019 to one count of receiving a prohibited payment as a union officer and one count of making a false income tax return.

The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet S. Bhachu.

INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY THREAT OR VIOLENCE
(1s)
REQUEST DEMAND FOR MONEY, THING OF VALUE AND 186(d)(2)
(2-6)
REQUEST DEMAND FOR MONEY, THING OF VALUE and 29 USC 186(d)(2)
(2s)
REQUEST DEMAND FOR MONEY, THING OF VALUE and 29 USC 186(d)(2)
(3s-7s)
STATEMENTS OR ENTRIES GENERALLY
(8s-10s)
FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
(11s)
FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
(12s-13s)

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to more than a year and a half in federal prison for accepting $325,000 in unlawful cash payments from a Chicago business and failing to report the payments on his tax returns.

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