“A Chicago-area contractor has  been charged with allegedly running a kickback scheme that defrauded several  suburban municipalities of more than $400,000 for public  works projects.

A statement from the Illinois  attorney general’s offices says Alan  Harris was charged Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court with theft of  government property and mail fraud.

The 46-year-old Niles man is  accused of illegally obtaining construction contracts in 2010 and 2011. And the  attorney general’s office alleges he forced employees to kickback money form  their monthly paychecks.”

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