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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Feds ask judge to sentence ex-Teamster boss John Coli to 19 months in prison

Former longtime Chicago Teamsters boss John T. Coli Sr. pleaded guilty to receiving a prohibited payment and filing a false income tax return. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file)

Federal prosecutors Wednesday asked a judge to give a 19-month prison sentence to former Teamsters boss John T. Coli Sr., who pleaded guilty in an extortion case but then cooperated against former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton.

In making his request to U.S. District Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu wrote that Coli “has accepted responsibility for his criminal conduct.”

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