CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago road commissioner has been indicted on federal charges alleging he took kickbacks from an excavation company to which he steered business over eight years.

The indictment Thursday alleges Robert Czernek, the elected head of the Bloomingdale Township Road District, knew Bulldog Earth Movers didn’t do much of the work for which it billed the township. Federal prosecutors allege the 69-year-old Czernek took more than $280,000 in kickbacks from excavation company owner Debra Fazio and her employee, Mario Giannini. In return, they said Czernek helped steer more than $700,000 from Bloomingdale Township to Bulldog Earth Movers.

All three have all been charged with wire fraud. Fazio also faces money laundering charges.