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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to honor citizens of the State
4 who help their fellow citizens; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Ms. Rosa Di Fronzo is an employee of Pullman Bank
6 in Chicago; she became alerted to and took the time to save a
7 senior citizen living the Northwest Chicagoland community from
8 being swindled out of a large sum of money; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The senior citizen had been advised that the
10 senior citizen had won an out-of-state lottery; to receive the
11 prize of $250,000, the citizen was asked to wire $2,500 to the
12 lottery; the citizen had been advised that the $2,500 covered
13 the cost of FDI insurance and other charges; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Ms. Di Fronzo recognized this as a scam, explained
15 this to the fraud victim, and notified the police; the victim
16 was assisted in opening a new account to prevent subsequent
17 fraud; Ms. Di Fronzo's quick thinking and recognition of the
18 fraud protected the citizen from a costly scam; therefore, be
19 it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
22 honor Rosa Di Fronzo for efforts in preventing a fellow citizen
23 from being the victim of a financial scam; and be it further
 
24     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
25 presented to Rosa Di Fronzo as an expression of our respect and
26 esteem.