• This August 2004 file photo shows then-U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert addressing delegates at the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He was indicted Thursday for allegedly lying to the FBI about $3.5 million in payments to 'cover up past misconduct.' | AFP-JIJI
    This August 2004 file photo shows then-U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert addressing delegates at the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He was indicted Thursday for allegedly lying to the FBI about $3.5 million in payments to "cover up past misconduct." | AFP-JIJI

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CHICAGO – Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Dennis Hastert was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he evaded currency-reporting requirements and lied to the FBI as part of a hush-money scheme.

Hastert, 73, withdrew $952,000 in small increments to avoid a requirement that banks report cash transactions exceeding $10,000, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. The withdrawals were part of a plan to give an individual who wasn’t named $3.5 million as a payoff to conceal “prior misconduct,” Chicago U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon said in a statement.

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