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Seattle Area Man Convicted of 17 Federal Felonies

In Scheme to Exploit Young Women and Juveniles in Prostitution, Defendant Posed as Documentary Filmmaker to Entice and Blackmail Women into Commercial Sex Activity Seattle, WA-(ENEWSPF)- A 51 year-old Seattle-area man was convicted November 6 in U.S. District Court in Seattle of 17 federal felonies for his scheme to recruit young[Read More…]

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Merrillville Man Sentenced On Drug Charges

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)-United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Javon Kennedy, 43, of Merrillville, Indiana, was sentenced on December 7, 2017 by District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Kennedy was sentenced to 41[Read More…]

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Illinois Woman Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to File Fraudulent Tax Returns Using Stolen Identities

Convicted for Filing More than 850 Fraudulent Returns Asking for $2.7 Million in Refunds CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Dominique King, a Chicago, woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Friday for conspiring to file fraudulent tax returns by using stolen identities. The announcement was made by[Read More…]

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Valparaiso Man Sentenced to 78 Months for Possession of Child Pornography

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The Department of Justice announced Friday that Martin Knight, age 38, of Valparaiso, Indiana was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for one count of possessing child pornography. The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, made[Read More…]

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Justice Department Announces First Ever Indictments Against Manufacturers of Fentanyl and Other Opiate Substances

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017 By: Department of Justice The Justice Department announced today that federal grand juries in the Southern District of Mississippi and the District of North Dakota returned indictments, unsealed yesterday, against two Chinese nationals and their North American based traffickers and distributors for separate conspiracies to distribute[Read More…]

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Financial Analyst & Former Investment Banker Charged with Fraud

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today charged a financial analyst and a former investment banker with securities fraud for allegedly earning profits from trades they made with non-public information. JASON NAPODANO, a former Managing Director of a Chicago investment research firm, used material, non-public information he obtained while[Read More…]

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Attorney General Madigan Issues Guidance to Law Enforcement on Illinois Trust Act & Immigration Executive Orders

Madigan Issues Guidance to Increase Awareness of State and Federal Laws Governing Illinois Law Enforcement in Enforcing Immigration Laws Chicago –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2017.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued guidance to state, county and local law enforcement agencies to increase awareness and provide an overview of recent state laws and federal[Read More…]

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