October 14, 2022

Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC, d/b/a AT&T Illinois, has agreed to pay $23 million under a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve a bribery investigation.  As part of the resolution, AT&T Illinois admitted that it paid an ally of former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael J. Madigan $22,500 through a lobbying firm to unlawfully influence legislation favorable to the company.  USAO NDIL

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