Illinois School Food Director Gets Nine Years in Prison for Stealing $1.5 MILLION in Chicken Wings
A former Illinois public school food service director for an impoverished Chicago-area district has been sentenced to nine years in prison after stealing $1.5 million in chicken wings from the county.
Vera Liddell, 66, worked for Harvey School District 152 for over a decade.
“The massive fraud began at the height of COVID during a time when students were not allowed to be physically present in school,” reads a proffer at Liddell’s bond hearing, according to a report from local station WGN9. “Even though the children were learning remotely, the school district continued to provide meals for the students that their families could pick up.”
The prosecution accused Lindell of ordering 11,000 cases of chicken wings with the district’s money and picking them up in a county van.
