The Brief
- Barbara Johnson, a former employee of the Office of the City Clerk, pled guilty to computer fraud and official misconduct.
- Johnson stole $150,000 in cash payments from Chicago city sticker sales and altered computer records to conceal the theft.
- She was sentenced to 24 months of probation and ordered to repay $150,000 in restitution.
CHICAGO – A former employee of the Office of the City Clerk (OCC) learned her sentence last week after pleading guilty to charges of computer fraud and official misconduct following an investigation by the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
The backstory:
In November 2023, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office indicted Barbara Johnson on four counts after an OIG investigation revealed that she stole cash payments for City of Chicago stickers while working at the OCC. …