karen finley held up one finger and put it down and shook her head, just a little bit. >> critics say at this point the fix was in. red flex was awarded a contract worth $120 million over the next nine years to install all of chicago's 384 red light cameras. but kidwell's series of articles which started in 2012 drew the attention of federal prosecutors which led to a remarkable turn of events. in may 2014, john bills was indicted on a federal bribery charge. prosecutors say as assistant transportation commissioner, bills received as much as $2 million in bribes from red flex. red flex was north american's headquarters is here in phoenix, arizona has also come under fire. on august 20th of this year former red flex cry karen finley pled guilty of a charge that she conspired to bribe john bills, chicago. there are signs that chicago might finally be starting to hit the brakes on its red light camera program. in august 2013 the city filed a $300 million lawsuit against red flex, charging it was built on red flex's bribery of john bills. never had the power or authority to do what federa

where john had a meeting with karen finley, and several top executives to coach them on how to behave at the next phase, and an important meeting at city hall. >> this is the first camera. >> he looked at me and said i'm going to talk to you like you don't know you. i looked at my boss and she held a finger up like this. and looked at me and put it down and shook her head a little bit. >> the fix was in. red flex was awarded a contract worth $123 million over the next nine years to install all of chicago's 384 red light cameras. the series of articles, which started in 2012 drew the attention of federal prosecutors, which lead to a remarkable turn of event. in may 2014, john bills was indicted on a federal bribery charge. as assistant transportation commission, bills received as much as 2 million in bribes. red flex, whose headquarters is in phoenix arsenal is also under fire. former red flex c.e.o. has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that she conspired to bribe john bills. a few months earlier finley pleaded guilty to a federal charge that she bribed officials in ohio. and there's