Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2012. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday announced criminal charges against a Chicago area contractor for running a kickback scheme that defrauded several north suburban municipalities of more than $400,000 for public works projects. Alan M. Harris, 46, of Niles, was formally charged earlier today in Cook County Circuit[Read More…]
Local Police Reports
Park Forest Police Reports for October 17, 2012
Park Forest Police Officers Jim Kessler and Chris Mannino. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Below are the most-recent police reports in the Village of Park Forest. These reports include police calls to service from October 5 through October 16. For next week’s reports we will likely begin on October 14[Read More…]
Man Pleads Guilty in New York to Conspiring with Iranian Military Officials to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2012. Manssor Arbabsiar, aka Mansour Arbabsiar, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of New York to participating in a plot to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States while the Ambassador was in the United States. Arbabsiar, a 58-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen[Read More…]
Houston Ambulance Company Administrator Pleads Guilty to Fraud
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. The administrator of CardioMax EMS, a Houston-based ambulance company, pleaded guilty today to charges that he submitted approximately $1,734,550 in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas;[Read More…]
Owner of Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for $42 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. The owner and operator of a Miami health care agency was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his participation in a $42 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A.[Read More…]
FBI: Eight Self-Identified ‘Boy Lovers’ Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sexual Exploitation Crimes
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Three years after several self-identified “boylovers,” who met in person and online to discuss their sexual interest in children and trade child pornography, were arrested in an FBI sting during or soon after a purported party at a hotel in suburban Skokie, a total of eight defendants have[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, Department of Revenue Announce Sentence in Tax Fraud Crackdown
Ongoing Operation Recovers $70 Million from Gas Station Owners in Unpaid Sales Tax Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (DOR) today announced that an Aurora gas station owner was sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding the state of more than $250,000[Read More…]
New Report: 240,000 Marijuana Possession Arrests in Washington State in the Last 25 Years
Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans Disproportionately Arrested; 25 Years of Arrests in WA Cost $300 Million or More Washington Voters to Decide on Making Marijuana Legal With November Vote NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012. With just three weeks remaining before Washington voters decide whether to make marijuana possession legal in their[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for October 6, 2012
Fall at the Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported[Read More…]
Member of Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2012. Louis Fazzini, 45, of Caldwell, N.J., pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving illegal gambling and theft from an employee benefit plan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern District[Read More…]
