Solis resigned from the City Council before his cooperation was revealed in the bombshell indictment against his former colleague, Ald. The Cacciatores have not been accused of wrongdoing.
The search warrant affidavit later made public in the Solis investigation alleged Caldero had solicited campaign donations from the Cacciatore family, which, among other businesses, owns Elgin Sweeping Services, a major street-sweeping company.Īt the time, Caldero was representing Elgin Sweeping in its efforts to obtain relief from a change in the city’s water billing practices that investigators indicated could have cost the company more than $1 million. While the indictment does not name the family, records show the ordinance introduced by Solis that month renamed the 500 block of South Wells Street “Honorary Victor J. The family cut Solis a $5,000 check two months later, according to the charges.
In October 2016, under the direction of investigators, Solis introduced an ordinance granting the honorary street name, the indictment alleged. The indictment alleged Caldero told Solis the family wanted to see some action in the City Council before donating money. Soto, meanwhile, is cooperating with prosecutors and has not yet been sentenced.Īt the same time as that alleged scheme, Caldero was accused of soliciting Solis’ help on behalf of Individual B, a business owner from Western Springs who was offering up to $100,000 in campaign donations to have Chicago issue an honorary street name for his father and rename a park for his grandfather, according to the charges. The contract ended up being awarded to a different bidder. Soto, meanwhile, admitted in a plea agreement with prosecutors that he lied to the FBI about his contacts with Caldero, saying he’d never discussed privileged information about the janitorial contract bid process with him or what favors he might get in return, court records show. In July 2017, Caldero asked Solis to put further pressure on officials at CPS, saying Company A would pay him another $15,000 “if we get this thing done,” the charges alleged. Caldero allegedly kept up the campaign for months, soliciting and delivering at least $5,000 in campaign checks for Solis in exchange for his assistance.
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