>> NEW REPORTING TODAY FROM
BLOOMBERG SHEDS LIGHT HOW
ILLINOIS' RICHEST RESIDENT KEN
GRIFFIN MIGHT HAVE BENEFITED
FINANCIALLY FROM DECISIONS
RICHARD IRVIN MADE AS AURORA
MAYOR.
IT FOLLOWS WTTW'S REPORTING ON A
PATTERN OF CITY CONTRACTORS
DONATING BIG TO IRVIN.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT,
GRIFFIN'S COMPANY CITADEL HAS A
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN
AURORA COMPANY THAT DONATED BIG
TO IRDESCRIBE.
GRIFFIN HAS SPENT 20 MILLION TO
BOOST IRVIN'S BID FOR GOVERNOR.
>> THAT AURORA COMPANY IS CALLED
SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS WHICH HAS
DONATED THROUGH EMPLOYEES
$135,000 BY OUR ACCOUNT TO
POLITICAL FUNDS CONNECTED TO
RICHARD IRVIN.
BLOOMBERG TODAY REPORTS THAT
SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS HAS A
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH KEN
GRIFFIN'S CITADEL GOING BACK AT
LEAST SIX YEARS AND HAS BEEN
INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING A
WIRELESS NETWORK TO CONNECT
CITADEL WITH THE TRADING
PLATFORM OF THE CHICAGO
MERCANTILE EXCHANGE LOCATED IN A
DATA CENTER ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE BUILDING AND THAT
EXCHANGE IS OWNED BY A COMPANY
NAMED CYRUS ONE.
CITADEL USES A NETWORK TO
CONDUCT HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING
STOCK MARKETS ON THE EAST 0
COAST WHICH MEANS THIS IS
LUCRATIVE TO GRIFFIN'S BOTTOM
LINE.
AND SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS-CITADEL
RELATIONSHIP.
>> THE E-MAIL I GOT DOES SHOW
THERE WAS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS AND CITADEL
DATING BACK TO 2016 AT THE
LEAST.
E-MAILS SHOWING THEY BUILT THE
NETWORK TOGETHER AND HAPPY ABOUT
THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NETWORK
WHEN SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS PUT
EQUIPMENT ON THE CYRUS ONE TOWER
THEY CONNECTED ONLY ONE FIRM
CITADEL.
DEMONSTRATES THEY CONTINUED TO
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP INTO 2019.
>> PARIS, WE KNOW THAT RICHARD
IRVIN IS GRIFFIN'S HAND PICKED
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF
THIS CONNECTION.
>> THEY HAVE REPORTED THAT IRVIN
INFLUENCED CITY COUNCIL IN 2017
TO APPROVE A ZONING CHANGE THAT
ALLOWED SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS TO
BUILD A CONTROVERSIAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER.
IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE
THERE IS THAT OTHER TOWER ACROSS
THE STREET REPORTEDLY USED BY
CITADEL'S COMPETITOR.
SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS WAS SUED BY
THE OWNER OF THAT OTHER TOWER
AND THE PEARS CAME TO A
SETTLEMENT.
AS BAKER EXPLAINED SCIENTEL
SOLUTIONS HAS EQUIPMENT ON THAT
TOWER AND THAT IS USED BY
CITADEL.
IT RAISES THE PROSPECT THAT
ACTIONS TAKEN BY MAYOR IRVIN HAS
LED TO A SITUATION THAT COULD
PROVE VERY LUCRATIVE TO
GRIFFIN'S BOTTOM LINE.
SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS' C.E.O. HAS
HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH
IRVIN AND RECEIVED $3.2 MILLION
IN AURORA CONTRACTS FOR HIS
COMPANY SCIENTEL SOLUTIONS.
>> PARIS, WHY IS AURORA SO
IMPORTANT THEN TO BIG TRADING
FIRMS?
>> THINK OF THE MERCK.
TRADERS HOLDING THEIR HANDS UP
CONDUCTING TRADE THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN ANYMORE.
IT'S ALL CONDUCTED OUT OF THE
DATA CENTER IN AURORA WHY BIG
COMPANIES LIKE SID TELL WANT TO
CONNECT TO IT AND THEY GET A LEG
UP BY CONDUCTING THE MASS HIGH
FREQUENTTY STOCK TRADES AND THAT
DEPENDS ON BEING ABLE TO BEAT
YOUR COMPETITORS BY A NANO
SECOND AND THE BEST WAY TO DO
THAT EXCHANGE THE INFORMATION
VIA MICROWAVE IT'S FASTER THAN
FIBER OPTIC CABLE AND INTERNET
AND THAT IS WHY IT IS LUCRATIVE
TO A COMPANY LIKE CITADEL.
THE REPORTING FROM US AND
BLOOMBERG RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT
GRIFFIN'S INTEREST IN IRVIN BUT
GRIFFIN STATED HE CHOSE IRVIN
BECAUSE HE BELIEVES HE WILL BE
TOUGH ON CRIME, PRO BUSINESS AND
END WASTE AND CORRUPTION.
WTTW HAS PRODUCED INVESTIGATIONS
DETAILING A PATTERN OF
BUSINESSES GETTING LUCRATIVE
CONTRACTS AND INCENTIVES FROM
AURORA AND DONATING BIG TO
IRVIN.
AND WHILE THE TRANSACTIONS MIGHT
NOT BE ILLEGAL, GOVERNMENT
GROUPS STRESS IT GIVES OFF THE
CULTURE OF PAY TO PLAY AND IT
CAUSES CITIZENS TRUST IN