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Village trustee guilty of theft New Lenox official gambled away couple's $5,000
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A New Lenox village trustee has been convicted of theft for
stealing $5,000 of a mortgage-brokerage client's money and gambling
it away during what police said was more than 700 hours he spent at
casinos.
Prosecutors said James Skiniotes Jr. was working for the Palos
Heights firm Legacy Mortgage in 1999 when he told a couple that their
$5,000 wasn't enough for a down payment on a house they wanted to buy
in New Lenox. Instead, prosecutors said, he proposed they give the
money to him, p...
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