was a quintessential meeting at the top of the john hancock center where bills had a meeting with karen finn ley and her top executives. >> this is schmidt's first time on camera describing what bills said to him. >> he talked to me directly, saying i will talk to you like i don't know you. 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. t