NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2016. A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Mohamed Rafik Naji, 37, of Brooklyn, New York, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. [Read More…]
Law and Order
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Access Funding for Scamming Lead-Paint Poisoning Victims Out of Settlement Money
Bureau Alleges Company Took Advantage of Consumers with Cognitive Impairments Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today filed a complaint in federal district court against Access Funding, LLC for an illegal scheme in which victims of lead-paint poisoning and others were deceived into signing away[Read More…]
Chicago Restaurateur Sentenced to a Year and a Day in Federal Prison for Failing to Pay Taxes on More Than $9.8 Million in Cash Receipts
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. The owner of several Chinese restaurants in the Chicago area was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison for withholding taxes by underreporting receipts paid in cash. HU XIAOJUN, also known as “Tony Hu,” owns and operates several restaurants in Chicago and[Read More…]
Bolingbrook Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. A Bolingbrook man was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for attempting to travel overseas to join a foreign terrorist organization in Syria. MOHAMMED HAMZAH KHAN, 21, pleaded guilty last year to one count of attempting[Read More…]
President of Florida-Based Financial Firm Guilty of Money Laundering in $179 Million Sham Loan Scheme
CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. The president of a Florida-based financial firm has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in connection with the sale of $179 million in sham loans to a Milwaukee investment company. TIMOTHY G. FISHER was the president and chief operating officer of First Farmers Financial[Read More…]
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Releases Video Statement on Hate Crimes in the United States
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released a video statement today on the FBI’s newly announced 2015 hate crime statistics as well as on recent media reports of alleged hate crimes and harassment around the country. The statement reminds individuals to report these incidents to both local[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for November 17, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from Park Forest 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[Read More…]
UPDATED Community Alert: Women Attacked, Robbed In Their Park Forest Homes, November 17, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 17, 2016 Message from Park Forest Police Chief Pete Green regarding continued incidents of women attacked and robbed in their homes: I want to reiterate information that was contained in an October 28th Community Alert as we have had two more similar incidents in the area of[Read More…]
Police Arrest 4 In Connection With Murder of Jason McCullough
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police announced in a statement on November 17 four arrests in connection with the shooting death of Jason McCullough on October 28, 2016. On November 15, after an “intensive investigation” into the murder of Jason McCullough by the Park Forest Investigations Unit and the South[Read More…]
Minnesota Transgender Surgery Ban Found Unconstitutional
ST. PAUL, Minn. —(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016. A Minnesota district court ruled this week that transgender people on the state’s Medical Assistance progam in Minnesota deserve access to medically necessary services related to gender transition. Since 2005, surgical treatments for gender dysphoria have been excluded from coverage even though equivalent treatments were[Read More…]
