CHICAGO (WGN) – A Cook County woman has been found guilty of stealing more than $100,000 from her late mother’s Chicago Teachers Pension Fund.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul said 55-year-old Atara Young was found guilty of one count of misappropriation of financial institution property and one count of forgery.
Investigators determined the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund was not notified of the death of Young’s mother, identified as Shirleen Williams, who died in September of 2008. As a result, monthly pension checks continued to be deposited in Williams’ account, which Young had access to…