AT&T Unit Settles Corruption Case as Former Executive Charged

Oct. 14, 2022, 4:32 PM UTC

AT&T Inc. agreed to pay $23 million to resolve a criminal investigation in which a former executive was charged with paying bribes to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Under a non-prosecution agreement filed in a Chicago federal court Friday, AT&T Illinois admitted it arranged in 2017 for an ally of Madigan to indirectly receive $22,500 in payments from the company in exchange for supporting a bill it favored. Madigan, a Democrat, served as speaker for nearly 40 years before stepping down last year.

Prosecutors on Friday also unsealed an indictment against Paul La Schiazza, former president of ...

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