The Hodge scandal.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Hodge, Orville E; Illinois. -- Auditor's Office; Finance, Public -- Illinois -- Accounting
Description: Orville Enoch Hodge was the Auditor of Public Accounts (predecessor to the office of Comptroller) of the state of Illinois from 1952 to 1956. During his term of office, he embezzled $6.15 million of state funds, mainly by altering and forging cheques that were paid on the state's account. This book details how the embezzlement scheme was cracked by the Chicago Daily News, whose reporting team was awarded a 1957 Pulitzer Prize for their investigation.