TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2016. A registered nurse was convicted today by a federal jury in the Southern District of Texas for participating in an $8 million Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home-health services. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson[Read More…]
Law and Order
Nevada Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Perpetrating a Nationwide Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme
Defendant Defrauded Investors in a Nigerian Oil Scheme and Made False Claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs NEVADA–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2016. A Las Vegas resident was sentenced to 25 years in jail today on multiple fraud charges, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
FTC Providing $4 Million in Full Refunds to People Tricked into Buying Bogus ‘Extended Auto Warranties’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2016. The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 5,970 refund checks totaling more than $4 million to people who were bombarded with illegal robocalls and tricked into paying thousands of dollars for bogus “extended auto warranties.” The checks, which are being mailed today and provide full refunds, are[Read More…]
Former Cardinals Official Sentenced to Prison for Astros Computer Intrusions
TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 20916. The former director of Baseball Development for the St. Louis Cardinals has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of accessing the Houston Astros’ computers without authorization, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson for the Southern District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports July 17, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue 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 that a person is guilty.[Read More…]
Virginia Man Sentenced to 102 Months in Prison for Attempting to Travel to Syria to Join ISIL
VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016. Joseph Hassan Farrokh, 29, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin,[Read More…]
Park Forest Man Charged With Attempted Murder Over July 4 Weekend
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A judge ordered a Park Forest man to be held on $1 million bond July 4 after he was charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of his roommate, according to the Chicago Tribune. Additionally, Romero Graham, 26, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon[Read More…]
Herbalife Will Restructure Its Multi-level Marketing Operations and Pay $200 Million For Consumer Redress to Settle FTC Charges
Company Must Tie Distributor Rewards to Verifiable Retail Product Sales And Stop Misleading Consumers about Potential Earnings Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016. Herbalife International of America, Inc., Herbalife International, Inc., and Herbalife, Ltd. have agreed to fully restructure their U.S. business operations and pay $200 million to compensate consumers to settle[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Will County Man Charged with Child Pornography Possession
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Will County man was charged with possessing child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Anthony Rutten, 26, of Joliet, was charged[Read More…]
Stevenson, Alabama, Police Chief Convicted of Civil Rights Offenses for Assaulting and Failing to Protect Arrestee
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that a federal jury convicted the Chief of Police of Stevenson, Alabama, Daniel Winters, 56, of two counts of deprivation of civil rights under color of law: one count for beating an arrestee, identified as D.F., and one count for failing to[Read More…]
