CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois state senator has pleaded guilty in a federal embezzlement case, two weeks after he abruptly resigned from the state Legislature.
Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton, a Democrat from Villa Park, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of embezzlement, admitting that he improperly took more than $240,000 from the Teamsters labor union. The 52-year-old Cullerton has agreed to pay $248,828 in restitution.
A prosecutor said during Tuesday’s federal court hearing that Cullerton could face a prison sentence of more than a year.
His sentencing has been set for June 21. Cullerton was charged in 2019 in an indictment.
