Cook Co. Commissioner William "Leave it to Beaver" Beavers indicted on tax charges accuses John "Lumpy" Daley of being dirty also

Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was indicted today on federal tax charges for allegedly obstructing the Internal Revenue Service and failing to report all of his income, authorities said today.

Beavers allegedly did not report thousands of dollars that he converted to personal use from his campaign accounts, including more than $68,000 in personal gain on one occasion that was not reported, as well as from his county discretionary spending

Beavers is accused in the indictment of not reporting as income thousands of dollars that he converted to personal use from his campaign accounts -- including more than $68,000 on one occasion -- as well as from his county discretionary spending account.

Between 2006 and 2008, Beavers paid himself more than $225,000 from three separate campaign accounts and used at least a portion of that money for personal purposes, including gambling, the indictment alleges.
In 2006, he used more than $68,000 from a campaign account to boost his city pension, and between 2006 and 2008 he used his $1,200 monthly county contingency account for personal purposes without reporting any of the funds as income on his federal tax returns.
Beavers insisted today that all his taxes were paid and suggested the indictment is payback by federal prosecutors. Beavers contended he was notified by letter that he was under investigation regarding his taxes a week after he rebuffed the government request to wear a wire

John "Lumpy" Daley

“They said, ‘We don’t want you. We want John Daley. We want you to wear a wire,’” Beavers said. He said he didn’t know why Daley would be under investigation.
John Daley denied any knowledge of a federal probe and accused Beavers of drawing him into the controversy to divert attention from his indictment.
“This thing today is about Bill Beavers. You’ve seen Bill Beavers and I interact at the County Board meetings. It’s not so positive. So he’s trying to switch the focus, and he’s so far been pretty successful,” Daley said.
“This switches the focus from him to me. He’s been able to shift the focus from the indictment of him today — to pull me into it.”
When asked if he knew of any federal investigation into him, Daley said, “No.”
Patrick Fitzgerald would not comment on Beavers’ allegations about Daley but cautioned reporters. “We don’t comment on people not charged,” he said. “We’re alleging tax crimes against one person, and that’s all I’ll say.