Illinois corruption 8/17/12: Bellwood employee paid $472,000 for 10 city jobs indicted

If you want to get rich in Illinois--government work is a wise path to reach that goal. Roy McCampbell hit the jackpot in the impoverished Chicago suburb of Bellwood. His life is much more complicated now, as the Chicago Tribune reported yesterday.

Two years ago, Roy McCampbell said in a Tribune investigative story that he earned every penny of his $472,000 salary by holding 10 different village positions.

Today he faces indictment.

The former Bellwood village administrator, McCampbell, 57, of Schiller Park, faces eight felony counts of theft and four felony counts of official misconduct, according to court records.

The grand jury indictment accuses him of stealing more than $500,000 from the west suburban village, in part by manipulating his employment contracts and deceiving the Village Board about them.

Those positions McCampbell held, Illinois Review reported in 2010, were "comptroller, administrator, public safety CEO, finance director, budget director, human resources director, mayoral assistant, corporation counsel, property commission director, and development corporation officer."

McCampbell was an early enthusiast of red-light cameras.

Even if he is found innocent of all charges--McCampbell is still a real cad.

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