Federal prosecutors want a 10-year prison sentence for a former Chicago official convicted of taking bribes to steer $100 million in red-light camera contracts to a Phoenix company. Federal prosecutors filed a memo with the court asking U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall to consider a 10-year sentence "as a floor" for John Bills.
The former second-in-command at Chicago's Department of Transportation was convicted in January of bribery, conspiracy and extortion.
Bills is accused of accepting envelopes stuffed with cash, along with gifts - including condos in two states and a Mercedes - to help Redflex Traffic Systems obtain contracts in a decade-long scheme.
Bills' attorney asked for a lenient sentence and said Bills "made some bad decisions."
