Former Vice Chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago Sentenced to More than Five Years in Federal Prison for Procurement Fraud – U.S. Department of Justice

From 2013 to 2017, Sharod Gordon obtained kickbacks from vendor-companies in exchange for steering them City Colleges contracts; Some of the companies were formed by Gordon’s City Colleges colleagues and other friends for the sole purpose of applying for the contracts. In some instances, the work was never performed – even though the companies submitted invoices that caused City Colleges to pay out nearly $350,000.