The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents and the Current and Former Presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); Seven Defendants Arrested Overseas; Guilty Pleas for Four Individual Defendants and Two Corporate Defendants Also Unsealed Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2015. A 47-count indictment was[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Identity Theft and Other Scams Are Issues Facing Summer Job Seekers, Warns Better Business Bureau
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Finding a summer job is always a top priority for college and high school students. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers of seasonal job scams, which can lead to identity theft. Signs of these scams include fake postings that require little effort for the job or claim[Read More…]
Marriage Equality Backdating To Sunset June 1
Fee waiver continues for conversions to marriage, backdating ends Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- June 1 marks the one-year anniversary of marriage equality in Illinois, and a portion of the law allowing same-sex couples to backdate their marriage date to the date of their civil union will sunset, Cook County Clerk David Orr[Read More…]
Ace Hardware Commits to Action on Bee-killing Pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2015. Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world, announced it is willing to move away from products containing neonicotinoids — a leading driver of global bee declines. Frank Carroll, Vice President of Merchandising at Ace Hardware Corporation said in a release today, “Ace Hardware[Read More…]
Senior Member of Al-Qaeda Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill U.S. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and Providing Material Support to Al-Qaeda
Defendant Tried to Lure American Solders to a Compound in Afghanistan that Was Rigged with Explosives; Also Facilitated the Entry of an American Citizen into Al-Qaeda Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. Earlier today, Saddiq al-Abbadi, 40, a Yemeni national, pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder U.S. nationals abroad, providing and conspiring[Read More…]
Owner of Los Angeles Medical Supply Company Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for $3.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. The former owner of a Los Angeles-based medical supply company was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in $3.3 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City of Cleveland to Reform Cleveland Division of Police Following the Finding of a Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2015. The United States Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland announced today that they have entered into a court enforceable agreement to address the department’s findings that the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force in violation[Read More…]
Texas Resident Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. A criminal complaint has been unsealed in the Southern District of Texas following the arrest of a Spring, Texas, man on allegations he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery Exhibit to Highlight Golden Age of Photography at Chicago Reader
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. For more than 30 years, the Chicago Reader was a trailblazer and signature example of the kind of creative freedom in both photography and design that alternative weekly newspapers all over the country came to embrace and showcase. Now, in a new exhibit that runs from June[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Honors National Guard Hero at 96th Annual Tribute to Veterans
Memorial Day Ceremony Honors the Brave Men and Women Who Have Served in the Armed Forces ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. –-(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today honored Sergeant Lee Seimer at a Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington Heights. Sgt. Seimer, of Genoa, Ill., served as a National Guard combat[Read More…]
