Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are: Process Servers Unable to Find Schock

In early February, former U.S. Rep Aaron Schock (R-IL) was riding high as a rising star Republican with over 17 thousand followers on Instagram and a Capital Hill office modeled after the PBS hit series "Downton Abbey." Three months later, the former congressman from Peoria, who once chronicled his every moment on social media has gone "off the grid."

The Chicago Sun Times reported that Attorney Daniel Kurowski told a U.S. District Judge this week that he hasn't been able to locate Schock to serve him papers. The lawsuit in question was brought April 15 by Kurowski client, Howard Foster of Chicago, who donated $500 to the former congressman's re-election campaign in 2012.

According to the Associated Press, Foster claimed he was tricked into believing that the young lawmaker, who has since resigned as questions arose about his spending, was "a breath of fresh air" in a corruption-riddled state.

The complaint seeks class-action status and repayment of all contributions. It counts 7,130 contributors to Schock's main fund alone - all potential plaintiffs, although Foster is the only one thus far.

Kurowski said that his firm attempted to serve papers to the 33-year-old former rep at the Peoria address he listed on forms with the Federal Election Commission, but the property was vacant.

Although Schock remains elusive to process servers, a separate Sun Times report notes six of his staffers were successfully served with subpoenas to testify before a federal grand jury investigating how the former congressman spent taxpayer and campaign money.

Possible criminal conduct include inquiries about Schock's use of campaign funds for meals, overblown mileage claims and trips he took with large groups of staffers to New York.