Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into Tiffany Henyard, the mayor of the embattled Chicago suburb, and last week issued a subpoena to the self-styled “super mayor” demanding extensive business records and financial reports. did.
FBI agents served the subpoena on Friday at the Thorntown Township Hall to Mr. Henyard, who serves as both Dalton’s mayor and Thorntown Township supervisor. FOX 32 Chicago reported.
The controversial leader faces multiple accusations of misappropriating taxpayer money to cover personal expenses such as police security costs and unnecessary luxury travel.
She received two subpoenas, according to a local station that obtained a copy. One email focused on her and her personal work, and the other centered around the town.
First, federal authorities obtained personnel files, wage and tax documents, time and attendance records, contracts and checks from Mr. Henyard’s multiple businesses: his restaurants, his property management company, and his political action committee. This is what you are looking for in order to convert it into cash. and charity work in her name.
According to Fox 32, the second subpoena requests a trove of town financial documents, including budgets, payroll records, credit card purchases, expense reports and reimbursements, security details, and ordinances including vehicle use. There is.
Former FBI agent Ross Rice told the bureau that the information federal authorities are seeking indicates Mr. Henyard is a prime target in the criminal investigation.
“It’s very broad. The number of people and entities seeking records is very diverse. So there must be serious allegations of wrongdoing that they’re trying to get to the bottom of,” the subpoena said. Mr. Rice, who considered the matter, said:
Ms. Henyard has come under fire for treating local police like her own bodyguards with a $1 million price tag, but local police say her demands are more than enough to do their job and keep the community safe. They claim that it is interfering with their abilities.
The Dalton Village Board unanimously voted to open an investigation into her alleged spending of taxpayer money, but Henyard vetoed the resolution last month.
The board then voted to hire former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who also served as a federal prosecutor, to investigate Henyard’s spending, and to ask the FBI to launch its own investigation.
The FBI reportedly received numerous complaints against the mayor, according to a business owner who filed a complaint against the mayor with the FBI office. Lawrence Gardner, 57, told the Post that he told agents that Henyard had shut down his trucking business because he refused to renew a $3,500 political contribution.
