State Crime Reports

Opioids

Two Chicago Pharmacy Technicians Indicted for Stealing Opioids and Selling Them for a Profit

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Pharmacy technicians Elizabeth Cruz, 33, of Stone Park, and Jacqueline Green, 27, of Chicago, who worked at Allcare Discount Pharmacy, 2700 West North Avenue in Chicago, were charged with allegedly stealing more than 56,000 pills of Hydrocodone and selling them for a profit.[Read More…]

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Owners of Five Chicago-Area Restaurants Charged in Federal Investigation Targeting Underreporting of Gross Receipts

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—August 9, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The owners of five Chicago-area restaurants are facing criminal tax charges as part of a federal investigation into the underreporting of gross receipts. The charges allege that the restaurant owners willfully avoided paying the full amount of federal taxes by reporting gross receipts[Read More…]

Uptown People's Law Center

Lawsuit Filed: Prison Counselor Allegedly Raped Prisoner Repeatedly

Officials transferred victim to another prison in retaliation for reporting Chicago—(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2018 Contact: Megan Groves A lawsuit was just filed on behalf of “Jane Doe,” a survivor who alleges that she was the victim of repeated sexual assaults by correctional counselor Richard Macleod. These assaults occurred while Ms. Doe[Read More…]

Daniel McCormack

Judge Rules Former Chicago Priest Must Remain in State Custody as Sexually Violent Person

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—July 19, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced yesterday that Cook County Judge Dennis Porter ordered Daniel McCormack, 49, a former Roman Catholic priest, to remain in state custody after previously finding him to be a Sexually Violent Person (SVP). McCormack was formerly the pastor of St.[Read More…]

Cook County Jail

150th Person Freed from Cook County Jail by Chicago Community Bond Fund

Despite major reforms, thousands of people still jailed simply because they can’t pay money bonds CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2018 Contacts: Irene Romulo and Sharlyn Grace On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) paid bond to free its 150th person from Cook County Jail (CCJ). CCBF is a non-profit[Read More…]

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Owners of Suburban Bulk-Mailing Company Accused of Defrauding the Postal Service Out of $16 Million

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—June 25, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Yogesh Patel and Arvind Lakkamsani, the owners of Prodigy Mailing Services, Inc., a suburban bulk-mailing company, allegedly defrauded the U.S. Postal Service out of at least $16 million. According to the criminal charges filed today, Patel and Lakkamsani allegedly committed these crimes by[Read More…]

Federal Indictment Charges Iranian Businessman with Illegally Exporting Nuclear Nonproliferation-Controlled Materials from Illinois

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser According to a newly unsealed federal indictment, Saeed Valadbaigi, an Iranian businessman allegedly schemed with the owner of a European company to illegally export nuclear nonproliferation-controlled materials to Iran from Illinois. Valadbaigi, also known as “Saeed Valad” and “Saeed Baigi,” allegedly plotted in[Read More…]

Heroin, Fentanyl pills

Mexican National Arrested for Allegedly Selling a Kilogram of Fentanyl to Undercover Law Enforcement Agent in Chicago

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Javier Gonzalez-Loza, 40, was arrested for allegedly selling a kilogram of fentanyl to an undercover law enforcement agent near Midway Airport in Chicago. According to the criminal complaint, Gonzalez-Loza allegedly sold the fentanyl for $40,000 during a February 2018 meeting in an alley[Read More…]

Citibank

US Attorney Generals Reach $100 Million Settlement with Citibank for Manipulating Interest Rate Benchmarks

Attorney General Madigan and 42 Other Attorneys General Have Recovered $420 Million from LIBOR Settlements Chicago–(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser A working group of forty-two Attorneys General, including Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, today announced a $100 million settlement with Citibank for fraudulent conduct involving U.S. Dollar (USD) LIBOR,[Read More…]

Justice

Social Security Claims Specialist Arrested for Alleged Fraud and Identity Theft and Misappropriating at Least $680,000 in Fraudulent Benefits

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—June 12, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Anne Aroste, 42, a claims specialist for the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has been indicted on federal fraud and identity theft charges for allegedly approving and pocketing at least $680,000 in fraudulent benefits. Aroste worked at the SSA’s field office in Aurora and[Read More…]

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