Former DuPage County Forest Preserve Employees Charged with Theft, Official Misconduct
Two former DuPage County Forest Preserve District employees are charged with plans to bilk a government entity of more than $100,000.
Two former DuPage Forest Preserve District employees face charges of stealing more than $100,000 from a government entity with two "elaborate" schemes over a six-year period, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin announced Wednesday. Mark McDonald, 53, of the 1000 block of Childs Street in Wheaton, and David Tepper, 49, of the 300 block of Franklin Avenue in River Forest, worked in the Forest Preserve's IT department. McDonald was the director and Tepper was a manager, according to a press release from the State's Attorney's office. Arif Mahmood, 37, of Glendale Heights, a former contractor with the forest preserve, also faces charges of stealing more than $10,000. Authorities say the men planned to bilk the forest preserve of about…
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3:22 pm on Monday, October 22, 2012
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