Fromm to step down as leader of firm
NANCY FROMM -- She says her federal indictment has made it too difficult to run the firm
NWI Times
Dec 21, 2006
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Nancy Fromm said she's letting someone else take the reins of the counseling firm she has built during the past 10 years because her federal indictment is making it difficult for the company to operate.
Fromm's politically connected company, Addiction and Family Care, did not receive a contract extension from Lake County Community Corrections on Wednesday. The contract is expected to come up again for discussion next month.
By that time, Fromm said, the firm is expected to have a new leader -- Richard Mamula, a retired psychologist who lives in California.
"I've really hurt the company with all this publicity and politics, and I want it to keep going," Fromm said Wednesday. "I do love the business. It's not for the money. I love being a therapist."
Fromm said she believed county commissioners were "in a bind" because they had cancelled the contract of indicted tax collector Roosevelt Powell while Fromm's contract was allowed to go on.
Fromm said her firm has fallen on hard times since she was accused of obstructing a federal grand jury by not turning over information sought by investigators. She said she has gone from 15 employees to eight since the indictment.
U.S. Attorney Joseph Van Bokkelen said Fromm's company was part of a "pay to play" scheme in which kickbacks were paid by government vendors to municipal, township and county officials. The rest of the scheme has not been disclosed.
Fromm has publicly acknowledged paying political operative Bob Cantrell a consulting fee for using his contacts in local judicial circles to get judges to send drug-addicted offenders to Fromm's firm for counseling.
Cantrell has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
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