Scott Fawell was the Chief of Staff to Republican Illinois Governor

George Ryan George Homer Ryan (February 24, 1934 – May 2, 2025) was an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Secretary of State of Illinois from 1991 ...

, who would later be arrested in an investigation entitled Operation Safe Road, which resulted in Ryan being sentenced to more than five years in prison on federal corruption charges that included extortion, money laundering, racketeering, bribery, and tax fraud. Fawell himself served time in prison after Ryan's term as governor ended, convicted on federal charges of racketeering and fraud was sentenced to six years and six months. Andrea Coutretsis Prokos, who was Fawell's assistant and girlfriend, pleaded guilty to perjury and received 4 months in prison in the same case.

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Illinois Republicans Living people Chiefs of staff to the governor of Illinois Illinois politicians convicted of corruption Year of birth missing (living people) People convicted of racketeering People convicted of fraud {{Illinois-politician-stub