Bankruptcy court clerk accused of cheating debtors

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bankrupt13.html

A longtime bankruptcy court clerk who routinely dealt with people facing mounting debt is accused of giving out false information so she could pocket their money.

Sandra Butler, 42, of Chicago was charged with attempted extortion Monday. She worked in the Dirksen Federal Building since 1985 and most recently as a courtroom deputy assigned to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jacqueline Cox. The feds say she took $500 from an undercover witness and told him it would pay to block foreclosure of his home.

But what she told him -- and possibly others -- was false, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Clerk Ken Gardner said. Such a foreclosure -- or sale of any other assets -- is automatically stopped when someone files for bankruptcy. Gardner immediately fired Butler on Monday from her $69,000-a-year job. Butler was released on a $4,500 bond.

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1. quick...somebody that knows how to check voter registration...

give ya 3 to 1 odds shes a republican.

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2. She has a $69,000.00 a year job and she's scamming people who

are in financial trouble and filing for bankruptcy. What a sleeze bag.