Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police blotter 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 by other local media. An arrest does not mean[Read More…]
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Volkswagen AG Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $4.3 Billion in Criminal and Civil Penalties; Six Volkswagen Executives and Employees are Indicted in Connection with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests
VW to Pay $2.8 Billion Criminal Fine in Guilty Plea and $1.5 Billion Settlement of Civil Environmental, Customs and Financial Violations; Monitor to Be Appointed to Oversee the Parent Company Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017. Volkswagen AG (VW) has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a[Read More…]
Two Arrested In Park Forest In Connection With Vehicular Hijackings, Armed Robberies
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police announced the arrest of two men in connection with vehicular hijackings and armed robberies in the multi-family areas near Western Avenue and Main Street. According to a statement released by the Park Forest Police Department, between December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2017, “two[Read More…]
FTC Sends Checks to Nearly 350,000 Victims of Herbalife’s Multi-Level Marketing Scheme
Business Blog provides lessons from the FTC’s Herbalife and Vemma cases Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2017. The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to nearly 350,000 people who lost money running Herbalife businesses. The checks are the result of a July 2016 settlement with the FTC that required Herbalife to pay[Read More…]
Former Owner of Rooftop Building Across from Wrigley Field Sentenced to 18 Months for Defrauding Chicago Cubs and Municipal Taxing Agencies
Wrigley Field (Source: chicago.cubs.mlb.com) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017. A federal judge today sentenced the former owner of a rooftop building overlooking Wrigley Field to 18 months in prison for defrauding the Chicago Cubs and municipal taxing agencies. R. MARC HAMID, 48, of Lincolnwood, was convicted last year on four counts[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Two Law Firms for Misrepresenting Attorney Involvement to Collect on Medical Debts
Bureau Orders Medical Debt Collection Law Firms and their President to Refund $577,135 to Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking action against two medical debt collection law firms and their president for falsely representing that letters and calls were from attorneys[Read More…]
South Bend Man Sentenced to 528 Months Imprisonment
South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Lindani Mzembe, 32, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced to imprisonment before South Bend District Court Judge Robert Miller, Jr. for kidnapping, making a ransom demand, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Arrest Two After Search Warrant Executed On Tampa Street
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police issued a statement Friday regarding the January 3, 2017 arrest of two men after the execution of a search warrant on Tampa Street. According to police, on January 3, 2017, Park Forest Police Detectives, with members of the South Suburban Emergency Response Team [SSERT][Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Additional Settlement with Petroleum Coke Site for Alleged Air Pollution
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a second settlement with KCBX Terminals Company over alleged air pollution violations at the company’s south location along the Calumet River in Chicago. The settlement entered this week requires KCBX Terminals Company (KCBX), which manages coal and petroleum coke,[Read More…]
Chicago Suburb Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Marijuana
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2017 By Kevin Mahmalji, NORML Outreach Coordinator Oswego, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 5, 2017. Officials in the Village of Oswego, Illinois recently passed an ordinance that allows local law enforcement to issue tickets and fines to anyone found with small amounts of marijuana or certain drug paraphernalia. For example, if a[Read More…]
