DMer Indicted in Illinois Bribe Case
A former Illinois state legislator faces money laundering and mail fraud charges after allegedly bribing a local official in return for direct mail and marketing contracts.
Two other defendants pled guilty in mid-September.
Court papers allege that Roger Stanley, a direct mail executive and former member of the Illinois House of Representatives, was instrumental in steering more than $130,000 in bribes for $4 million in municipal rail marketing services contracts.
According to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, several businesses Stanley either owned or was affiliated with were awarded contracts from Metra, the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp.
Stanley’s attorney Michael D. Ettinger plans to contest the charges on a variety of technical and case-not-proven fronts. At press time Ettinger had filed a motion to have the charges dismissed. The hearing date was set for Oct. 3.
Stanley was formerly president of Universal Statistical, secretary and majority shareholder of Midwest CompService Inc., and an employee of Precise Data Inc. Stanley also had business relationships with Grafcom Inc. and Security Professionals Inc., according to court documents.
All of these firms provided Metra with direct mail, marketing and readership survey services between the mid-1980s and 2000, court papers allege, including a Grafcom mail promotion of an organ donor program.
In April, Stanley
