The owner of a suburban Chicago construction company has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiring to bribe an employee of the Cook County Assessor’s Office in return for favourable property assessments.
Alex Nitchoff, 57, of Lemont, Ill., pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of conspiring to corruptly give something of value to influence and reward a public official and one count of using an interstate facility to facilitate bribery.
U.S. District Judge John F. Kness imposed the sentence during a hearing in federal court in Chicago.
Nitchoff admitted in a plea agreement that from 2016 to 2019, he conspired with others to corruptly provide home improvement services and materials to Cook County Assessor’s Office employee Lavdim Memisovski, who assessed property values and reviewed property tax appeals for Cook County commercial properties.
Nitchoff and others provided free home improvement services and materials at Memisovski’s personal residence, including a concrete pad, decking materials, gas lines, sprinkler system heads, tiles, and other items, the plea agreement states. In return for the benefits, Memisovski took official action to reduce the property taxes owed for Nitchoff’s properties by at least $550,000, Nitchoff’s plea agreement stated.
Memisovski, of Burbank, Ill., pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge last year and is awaiting sentencing.
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