SOON.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE EVERY APRIL AND MAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> PART OF THE FEDERAL COVID RELIEF PACKAGE KEEPING SMALL BUSINESSES AFLOAT NOT SURPRISINGLY MANY INVESTIGATIONS HAVE SINCE FOUND MANY RECIPIENTS FRAUDULENT NABBED SOME OF THOSE LOANS MOST OF WHICH WERE GOING TO BE FORGIVEN A NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT FINDS THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN THE FRAUD AS MANY AS 48 ALONE IN THE COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK'S OFFICE.

SHE SAYS SHE'S PERSONALLY OFFENDED BY THE FRAUD THAT HAS BEEN UNCOVERED AND SHE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

AS WE UNDERSTAND, 48 FOLKS HAVE LEFT YOUR OFFICE DUE TO INVESTIGATIONS.

DOES THAT MEAN ALL 48 OF THEM WERE FOUND TO HAVE GOTTEN THESE LOANS?

>> I WAS GIVEN A LIST OF 55 INDIVIDUALS I WENT THROUGH THE LIST.

THEY GAVE US A LIST OF 55 EMPLOYEES THAT TURNED THAT OVER TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BECAUSE I HAVE MY OWN -- HE SEPARATED.

>> YOUR OFFICE -- >> WE GAVE EVERYTHING.

I TOLD HIM WHAT I WANTED WAS THIS TO BE A PRIORITY OVER EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THESE INDIVIDUALS WHEN YOU COME INTO THE CLERK'S OFFICE YOU TAKE AN OATH.

I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY THE FACT THERE WAS POSSIBLY 55 INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN FRAUD IN THAT OFFICE TO ME THIS HAS TO BE IMMEDIATE THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.

WHAT HE DID TODAY AT A 55, 52 HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO US.

WE HAVE ONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY -- THE FOUND THE PERSON HE WAS INVESTIGATED PRESENTED THE CORRECT PAPERWORK EVERYTHING VERIFYING THE ONE HE TOOK IN THE JUSTIFICATION WHILE ALL THE OTHERS LIED ALONG THE WAY.

I WOULD GET A REPORT EVERY TIME 10 PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERVIEWED I WOULD GET THE FINAL REPORT.

>> IS 1400 TOTAL EMPLOYEES >> AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.

>> A SMALL PERCENTAGE BUT A BIG NUMBER WHY DO YOU THINK SO MANY FOLKS ENGAGED IN THIS?

>> SOMETIMES -- I CAN NEVER EXPLAIN PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR.

I CAN SAY THE OFFICE HAS BEEN UNDER A VERY DARK CLOUD FOR MANY MANY YEARS COMING IN.

>> YOU TOOK OVER FOR DOROTHY BROWN WHO HAS BEEN UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.

>> FOR ME THIS RIGHT AWAY BEING PRESENTED TO ME I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHEN THEY DEALT WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL THE EVIDENCE EVERYTHING WAS THERE AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO FOR THEM TO GIVE US DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE OTHERWISE.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS I GOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ACTUALLY TERMINATED WE HAD A FEW.

WE HAD 23 THAT WERE TERMINATED BY US BUT 60 OF THEM RESIGNED ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT BEING INTERVIEWED.

TWO HAD ALREADY RETIRED THOUGH WE HAD TWO THAT HAD DIED .

WE HAVE A VERY AGING -- >> Reporter: TO GET THESE LOANS YOU HAVE TO BE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OR PART OF A SMALL BUSINESS.

WHERE YOU LAST PAY.

>> ALL OF OUR CLERKS NEVER LOST PAY DURING CULVERT.

>> THEY WERE ALL PAID.

>> EVEN IF THEY WERE SITTING AT HOME THEY WERE GETTING PAID.

NONE OF THEM EVER LOST PAY.

>> WHAT WERE THEY CLAIMING THEY WERE DESERVING OF THIS MONEY FOR?

>> THAT SECONDARY BUSINESSES ON THEIR OWN ON THE WEEKENDS.

THEY WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY CLAIM FROM HAIRSTYLING TO BARBERSHOPS TO REAL ESTATE .

THE THING IS THEY HAVE TO PRESENT TO US THE EVIDENCE THE PAPERWORK THEY NEEDED TO SAY YES .

I TOOK THIS LOAN AND HERE'S THE PAPERWORK BACKING THAT UP.

>> A LOT OF YOUR EMPLOYEES DO WORK ON THE SIDE?

>> I DON'T HAVE A POLICY WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON NOW.

WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE THERE WAS SO MANY THINGS -- WE HAD TO LAY DOWN A NEW FOUNDATION >> YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIGITIZING OF RECORDS DID YOU.

>> WE SURE DID AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.

WE MODERNIZED AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR ME THIS OFFICE HAD ALL THESE ISSUES THERE.

FOR ME TO COME IN AND NOTE TO CLEAN HOUSE WHEN I GET THIS KIND OF REPORT ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE 1500 EMPLOYEES.

AM VERY PROUD OF THE EMPLOYEES WE HAVE THAT