(Chicago, IL) — A federal jury is convicting a businessman of bribing two state lawmakers in order to change the state’s laws in his favor. James T. Weiss was found guilty of honest services wire fraud, bribery, honest services mail fraud, and making false statements to the FBI. Prosecutors say the scheme involved bribing former state Representative Luis Arroyo and ex-state Senator Terry Link to pass a bill beneficial to his sweepstakes gaming company. Weiss will be sentenced October 11th.
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