Tax auction controversy
Second class action lawsuit filed against Madison County over bid-rigging scheme
For the second time in two weeks, a Madison County property owner filed a lawsuit seeking class action status against the county for ex-treasurer Fred Bathon's bid-rigging scheme involving annual auctions of delinquent property taxes.
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Who might be a victim?
Federal prosecutors are setting up a claims system for those who were victims of the Madison County delinquent property tax sale conspiracy. Here are the tax sales records from 2004 through 2007. Those charged 18 percent might have a claim.
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Reaction to Bathon plea: 'When you do a bad deed, you should pay for it'
Ora Leonard, 75, a retired nurse and the widow of a military veteran, nearly lost her Venice home because of the thousands of dollars in penalties charged to her because of a 2005 Madison County tax auction conducted by former Treasurer Fred Bathon.
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Bathon plea agreement says tax buyers 'colluded' with him
The plea agreement reached Tuesday between federal prosecutors and former Madison County Tresurer Fred Bathon states that investors "colluded" with Bathon in a scheme to charge high penalty rates to property owners whose taxes were delinquent.
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Headlines from Fred Bathon's career
Some headlines from Fred Bathon's political career
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Former Madison County treasurer pleads guilty to rigging late tax sales
Fred Bathon, the former Madison County treasurer, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to conspiring to restrain interstate trade by illegally rigging sales of delinquent property taxes from 2005-09.
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'Everyone's on a level playing field': Revamped tax bid process has successful first run
A new era in Madison County tax sales officially kicked off Wednesday morning. That's when 37 investors gathered in the County Board room behind four rows of laptop computers to bid on late taxes owed by the owners of more than 2,500 county parcels.
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'We want to guarantee fairness': Lawmakers aim to tighten up tax sales
Metro-east state legislators have filed legislation aimed at ensuring integrity in the auctions for delinquent property tax debts.
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News-Democrat reporters win award for investigation of delinquent tax sale system
Brian Brueggemann and Mike Fitzgerald, reporters for the Belleville News-Democrat, will receive McClatchy Co. President's Awards for their 2010 investigation into Madison County's delinquent property-tax sale system.
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Search through Madison County's delinquent tax sales
Use this searchable database to find Madison County's tax sale results for the past five years. Type the name of the taxed person, the tax buyer or the address to find out how much the person was charged.
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Tax buyers, politicians benefit from tax sales
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