Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former manager for the suburban bus agency Pace has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for pocketing nearly $300,000 in gratuities and kickbacks from contractors. From 2010 to 2014, RAJINDER SACHDEVA used his position as a department manager at Pace to corruptly[Read More…]

An individual who presented ID as Tirlea Dumitru has been charged by criminal complaint with defrauding a financial institution. Fort Wayne, IN-(ENEWSPF)- An individual who presented ID as Tirlea Dumitru, was charged by criminal complaint with defrauding a financial institution and possessing ATM skimming access device making equipment, announced U.S.[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Bellwood man has been indicted on a federal sex trafficking charge for allegedly recruiting a woman into prostitution. ALBERT LARRY, JR., also known as “Junior,” 33, is charged with one count of sex trafficking.  He pleaded not guilty today at his arraignment in U.S. District Court in Chicago. [Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury returned an indictment unsealed today in Newark, New Jersey charging Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, both of Iran, in a 34-month-long international computer hacking and extortion scheme involving the deployment of sophisticated ransomware, announced Deputy Attorney General Rod J.[Read More…]

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Eric P. Krieg, age 46, of Munster, Indiana, through his attorney, filed a signed agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office indicating his intent to plead guilty to knowingly making an unregistered destructive device, mailing a destructive device, malicious use of explosive materials, and mailing a threatening communication,[Read More…]

Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Two Indiana Murders Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A Cedar Lake, Indiana Latin Kings gang member, was sentenced to 324 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana[Read More…]

South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Mathew P. Ridenour, 30 years old, of Mishawaka, IN, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Miller, Jr., after pleading guilty to the production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.  Ridenour was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release when released from prison. [Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Eight defendants allegedly schemed to obtain unemployment benefits in the names of hundreds of individuals whose personally identifiable information was used without their knowledge, according to federal indictments unsealed in Chicago. The Department of Justice announced the charges November 13. The indictments describe two related fraud schemes carried[Read More…]

Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced Monday that four of the lead defendants in a racketing scheme associated with Elite Imports have been sentenced in federal court by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence. Mohamed Noshi[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A joint federal and state investigation has resulted in racketeering and murder charges against five alleged members of a Chicago street gang faction known as the Goonie Boss.  The charges allege that Goonie members and their associates terrorized the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side and were responsible[Read More…]