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Chicago Sun-Times
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Dan Mihalopoulos

25 Chicago Park District employees could face firing in COVID relief fraud probe

Alison Perona, the Chicago Park District’s interim inspector general, is urging the firings of 25 parks employees. (Tyler LaRiviere / Sun-Times file)

The Chicago Park District’s inspector general has recommended firing 25 employees caught in an investigation of loans they got from the federal Paycheck Protection Program. 

In a new report, interim Inspector General Alison Perona said an ongoing investigation by her office has grown from 26 cases involving employees who got the loans to help business owners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic to “sustained findings” against 114 workers as of June 30.

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