The former Commonwealth Edison executive who went undercover in a major Chicago public corruption investigation was sentenced to probation Thursday after prosecutors, his attorney, and the judge all praised his role in uprooting a long-running bribery scheme.
Fidel Marquez provided “superlative” cooperation, Assistant US Attorney Timothy Chapman said Thursday, becoming emotional while recounting Marquez’s journey from engineer to high-level lobbying executive at the Northern Illinois electrical utility.
“He was the guy who kept the system running. When the storm happened and the lights went out, he was the guy to fix it. And he was great at it,” ...
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