Federal prosecutors are asking for 19 months in prison for former Teamsters union boss John Coli Sr.
, who pleaded guilty to extorting a Chicago film studio boss and helped federal investigators secure a ghost payrolling conviction against state Sen. Thomas Cullerton.to one count each of receiving illegal payments and filing a false income tax return, admitting he extorted a total of $325,000 from Cinespace Studio President Alex Pissios.In a sentencing memo filed late Wednesday, Assistant U.S.
Federal sentencing guidelines called for up to about three years behind bars. Coli should be given a significant break, however, because of his cooperation against Cullerton, according to the filing.to a year in federal prison for pocketing more than a quarter of a million dollars in salary and benefits from the Teamsters with Coli’s blessing, despite doing little or no work.
Coli’s attorney, Joseph Duffy, is scheduled to file his sentencing memo next week. Coli will be sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer on Oct. 26. And in 2016, Coli was caught on an undercover FBI recording telling Pissios to fire an executive at Cinespace who was purportedly balking at paying him extortion money.
In October 2016, the FBI directed Pissios to tell Coli that other executives were questioning the payments and threatening to fire him if he didn’t stop, according to the agreement.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.Advertisement
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