Betty Loren-Maltese

Betty Loren-Maltese is the former town president of Cicero, Illinois. She received national attention for her role in an insurance scam which robbed the town of $12 million.[1]

Biography

Loren-Maltese was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but she was raised in the Chicago area in "blue collar communities".[2] After working as a waitress, realtor, and newspaper publisher, she became active in the politics of Cicero, a suburb on the west side of Chicago. Her husband, Frank Maltese, was the Cicero township assessor; among other duties, he was the driver for Cicero town president Henry Klosak. Frank Maltese was a bookmaker for the mob; he died in 1991. In 1993, Loren-Maltese became town president following the death of Henry Klosak.[3] Loren-Maltese was well liked by many residents of the suburb for her attempts to improve the community.[4] She was particularly known for helping senior citizens with many free services.[3] However in 2002, she was found guilty of helping to steal $12 million of the city's funds in an insurance scam.[5] She was sentenced to eight years in a federal prison[1] in California,[6] designated as Prisoner #13706-424. She was released from the prison system on February 26, 2010.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Fountain, John W. (10 January 2003). "Top Official In Cicero, Ill., Gets 8 Years In Fund Theft". The New York Times: p. 14. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/us/top-official-in-cicero-ill-gets-8-years-in-fund-theft.html. Retrieved 10 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Live interview with Betty Loren-Maltese (via telephone), Good Day Chicago (morning newscast), WFLD, 29 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b Gregory, Ted (15 Feb 2010). "Betty Loren-Maltese is back and a lot closer to Cicero". Chicago Breaking News. http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/02/betty-loren-maltese-arrives-at-chicago-halfway-house-monday.html. Retrieved 10 April 2011. 
  4. ^ Deuchler, Douglas (September 2006). Cicero Revisited. Arcadia Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 9780738541075. http://books.google.com/books?id=_WS44VScDZoC&pg=PA124&dq=%22her+strong+anti-gang+stance%22&hl=en&ei=zEFRTJryK8X_nAf86az8BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22her%20strong%20anti-gang%20stance%22&f=false. Retrieved 10 April 2011. 
  5. ^ Engel, Matthew (31 August 2002). "Spirit of Capone lives on in Mobtown, Illinois". The Guardian (Cicero, Illinois). http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/aug/31/usa.matthewengel. Retrieved 10 April 2011. 
  6. ^ Kavanagh, Anne (March 2008). "Trauma Queen". Chicago. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2008/Trauma-Queen/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc. Retrieved 10 April 2011. 
  7. ^ "Betty Loren-Maltese." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on March 23, 2011.

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