CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago police officer who served as a FBI informant has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for shaking down a tow truck driver and selling guns to a convicted felon.
Ali Haleem was charged in January 2013 as part of Operation Tow Scam, a federal probe of bribery and extortion involving Chicago police officers. Haleem pleaded guilty in April 2013 before U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee.
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