Indictment tags Cantrell on tax, fraud charges
Political insider accused of conflict of interest involving counseling firm
Post-Tribune (IN)
March 22, 2007
After years under the FBI microscope -- and perhaps longer circulating through the Lake County political rumor mill -- political insider Robert Cantrell was indicted Wednesday on fraud and tax evasion charges.
Prosecutors allege Cantrell, 65, violated conflict of interest laws for helping a counseling service owned by a friend to win contracts with his full-time employer, the North Township Trustee's office.
In political circles, it was well known Cantrell's primary occupation was local politics and his frequently shifting allegiances have been closely watched as FBI agents apparently scoured boxes of documents from the trustee's office and Addiction and Family Care, which provided counseling services to more than a dozen local courts and government agencies.
Those clients included Cantrell's daughter, Lake County Superior Court Judge Julie Cantrell, and North Township.
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