Feds: Former Chicago-area school board president steered $2.7M deal for alleged kickback

Annette Johnson, former president of the East Aurora School District 131 Board of Education, has been indicted on federal fraud charges. Prosecutors allege she steered a $2.7 million air purifier contract to a vendor in exchange for a $1.3 million kickback, which was funneled to a company owned by her boyfriend. Johnson faces multiple counts of honest services fraud, each carrying a potential 20-year prison sentence.