Pamela Davis
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Pamela Meyer Davis is the president and C.E.O. of Edward Hospital
in Naperville, Illinois
. Her complaints in 2003 began the probe that led to the 2008 arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
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According to the Washington Post,
The FBI initially laughed at her report of wrongdoing, but agreed to participate, finding widespread graft and corruption.
Edward Hospital
Edward Hospital & Health Services , commonly referred to as "Edward", is a major healthcare provider located in southwest suburban Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois...
in Naperville, Illinois
Naperville, Illinois
Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...
. Her complaints in 2003 began the probe that led to the 2008 arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich
Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...
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According to the Washington Post,
Pamela Meyer Davis had been trying to win approval from a state health planning board for an expansion of Edward Hospital, the facility she runs in a Chicago suburb, but she realized that the only way to prevail was to retain a politically connected construction company and a specific investment house. Instead of succumbing to those demands, she went to the FBI and U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald in late 2003 and agreed to secretly record conversations about the project.
Her tapes led investigators down a twisted path of corruption that over five years has ensnared a collection of behind-the-scenes figures in Illinois government, including Joseph Cari Jr., a former Democratic National Committee member, and disgraced businessman Antoin "Tony" RezkoTony RezkoAntoin "Tony" Rezko is a Assyrian -American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer in Chicago, Illinois, convicted on several counts of fraud and bribery in 2008. Rezko has been involved in fundraising for local Illinois Democratic and Republican politicians...
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The FBI initially laughed at her report of wrongdoing, but agreed to participate, finding widespread graft and corruption.