Bureau Recovered $6.1 Million for 16,000 Consumers Harmed By Auto Loan Originators Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 27, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced that its recent supervisory work has found that some student loan and mortgage servicers are violating the law by failing to provide struggling borrowers with[Read More…]
Law and Order
Three Family Members in North Suburban Chiropractic Group Sentenced to Federal Prison
$10.8 Million Fraud Scheme Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A north suburban chiropractor and his brother and father have been sentenced to federal prison terms in connection with a phony billing scheme that bilked insurance carriers out of more than $10.8 million. DR. VLADIMIR GORDIN JR., VLADIMIR GORDIN SR., and ALEXSANDER GORDIN, operated[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues $1.25 Million Fine to Servicemember Auto Lender for Violating Consent Order
Auto Loan Company Failed to Provide Redress for Illegal Collection Tactics Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 27, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against Security National Automotive Acceptance Company (SNAAC), an auto lender specializing in loans to servicemembers, for violating a Bureau consent order. In 2015, the CFPB[Read More…]
Hammond Man Sentenced To 300 Months Imprisonment For Child Pornography
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana Clifford D. Johnson announced that Mark Nagel, 37, of Hammond, Indiana was sentenced before Hammond District Court Judge Rudy Lozano after pleading guilty to two counts of producing child pornography. Nagel was sentenced to 300 months imprisonment followed[Read More…]
Bolingbrook Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charge
Allegedly Enticed Underage Boy to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Federal authorities have arrested a Bolingbrook man for allegedly using social media to entice an underage boy to produce sexually explicit images and engage in sex acts with him. The alleged crimes are on child pornography charges. RONALD GOBENCIONG,[Read More…]
Lynwood Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Pocketing Bribes
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Lynwood man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for pocketing bribes in exchange for allowing food service workers to bypass sanitation certification training and testing mandated by the state of Illinois and city of Chicago. ERNEST GRIFFIN, 71, took bribes from individuals who wanted[Read More…]
Police Charge Minnesota Man With Felony Disorderly Conduct
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police charged a 45-year-old Minnesota man with one felony count of disorderly conduct and filing a false police report. Police made the statement on the department’s Facebook page. Charges were filed on April 18, 2017, according to police. According to police, the man told[Read More…]
New Analysis: Crime, Violence, and Murder Remain Near Historic Lows
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2017.l Crime rates have dropped dramatically and remain near historic lows, despite localized increases in some places, according to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law analyzing data from the last quarter-century. In Crime Trends: 1990-2016, a team of economics[Read More…]
Two Suburban Chicago Men Charged with Conspiring to Support So-Called ISIS
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two men from a north suburb of Chicago were arrested April 12 on a federal complaint charging them with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State, the so-called ISIS. JOSEPH D. JONES, also known as “Yusuf Abdulhaqq,” 35, of Zion, and EDWARD SCHIMENTI, also known as “Abdul[Read More…]
Nineteen Defendants Charged in Federal Investigation That Disrupted Mexico-To-Chicago Narcotics Pipeline; 190 Kilograms of Heroin Seized
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2017. Federal authorities have seized more than 190 kilograms of heroin as part of an investigation that disrupted a Mexico-to-Chicago narcotics pipeline and resulted in drug charges against 19 defendants. The investigation, dubbed “Operation Over the Top,” spanned more than a year and included a seizure[Read More…]
