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Operation Greylord was an FBI-led public-corruption investigation of alleged bribery, case fixing, extortion, and fraud in the Cook County Circuit Court system in Illinois. The released records include March and April 1987 FBI memoranda and lead summaries describing the undercover operation, its prosecutions, and a set of 98 related lead memoranda sent to FBI headquarters and the Public Corruption Unit. They state that the project began in 1976, used an undercover operation from April 1980 through November 1983, and produced indictments of judges, attorneys, police officers, court clerks, deputy sheriffs, and others. A detailed section concerns former Presiding Judge Richard F. LeFevour and an investigation into the corrupt handling of parking warrants and traffic matters; many identities and supporting details are redacted.

FBI file number: 183B-192 | Documents span: 1976-1987 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Richard F. LeFevour
Subjects: Operation Greylord, public corruption, Cook County courts, judicial bribery, racketeering, Chicago