CHICAGO (AP) – The head of a Chicago not-for-profit organization has been indicted on federal charges alleging he stole at least $200,000 in state grants intended for development of properties and a job training program. Yesse Jehudah, the longtime leader of Fulfilling Our Responsibilities Unto Mankind, a community improvement organization, is charged with bank and wire fraud. The indictment, made public Thursday, alleges the 71-year-old Yehudah made false statements and submitted phony documents misrepresenting how $575,000 in state grants from 2013 to 2016 were being used. Yehudah is also accused of defrauding a bank by forging the signatures of subcontractors to endorse checks over to himself.
