Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of a transportation company that bused Chicago public school students spent corporate money to purchase and renovate a $500,000 home in the city’s Oakland neighborhood and illegally deducted the funds in U.S. tax filings, according to a federal indictment unsealed today. JEWEL LOCKHART, the owner and[Read More…]
Law and Order
Madigan Sues Home Repair Business For Allegedly Defrauding Consumers
Attorney General Flags Home Repair Scam that Results in Little to No Work Completed Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit today to shut down a home repair business for defrauding Will and DuPage county homeowners out of nearly $150,000 for home repair and remodeling projects that were[Read More…]
Madigan: Roscoe Man Charged With Medicaid Fraud
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois State Police (ISP) today announced that a Roscoe man was charged with Medicaid fraud after billing the state for more than $60,000 in personal assistance services he did not provide. Steven A. Schwartz, 26, originally from Roscoe, Ill., was charged in[Read More…]
Madigan, Department Of Revenue: Gas Station Operator In Custody For Tax Fraud
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced Thursday that the operator of a Chicago area gas station surrendered to law enforcement after he and his brother-in-law pleaded guilty last week to charges of defrauding the state of Illinois of more than $450,000 in[Read More…]
FBI Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Fidel Urbina Arrested
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- After 17 years on the run, a Chicago man who is one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is now in custody, announced Michael J. Anderson, special agent in charge of the FBI Chicago Field Office. Mr. Anderson is joined by Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD)[Read More…]
Suspended DeKalb, Ill. Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs and Income Tax Fraud
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A suspended DeKalb, Ill. doctor pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to illegally dispensing controlled substances and federal income tax fraud, and his wife pleaded guilty to income tax fraud. According to the plea agreements, RICHARD H. NG, 64, owned and operated[Read More…]
Aurora Cousins Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal judge in Chicago today imposed prison sentences of 30 years and 21 years for Aurora cousins who conspired to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee sentenced HASAN R. EDMONDS to 30 years, and JONAS M. EDMONDS to 21 years. [Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports September 19, 2016
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 by other local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Alleged Shooter Arrested and Charged in Robbery, Shooting of 71 year old Chicago Lawn Man
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Antoine Davis, 30, of the 6800 block of S. Washtenaw Ave. in Chicago, was arrested in connection to the robbery and shooting of a 71 year old man, which occurred on the 7000 block of South California Ave. at approximately 12:10 p.m. on September 6th, 2016, according to Chicago[Read More…]
Lake in the Hills Man Charged with $340,000 Scheme to Defraud
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Lake in the Hills, Ill. man appeared September 15 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston on wire fraud charges. SALVATORE CRIBARI, also known as “Sal Fradillio,” 59, was indicted on Sept. 13, 2016, by a federal grand jury in Rockford and charged with nine counts of wire[Read More…]
