NEVADA–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. The Justice Department issued a letter of findings today concluding that the Nevada Department of Corrections’ (NDOC) policies and practices for housing and employing inmates with disabilities violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Following a comprehensive ADA compliance review, the department found that NDOC’s discriminatory practices[Read More…]
Law and Order
Jury Convicts Lockport Contractor of Defrauding City of Chicago’s Women-Owned Business Entity Procurement Program
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. A federal jury today convicted a Lockport subcontractor on fraud charges for scheming to help a general contractor falsely satisfy its female hiring requirement on city of Chicago construction projects. As the owner of a certified Women’s Business Enterprise, ELIZABETH PERINO agreed to allow her[Read More…]
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Interstate Prostitution
FLOIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that Abdullah Hamidullah, 42, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; two counts of enticing a person to travel in interstate[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports June 16, 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…]
Attorney General Madigan: Cook County Man Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft Scheme, Tax Fraud
Chicago — (ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that a Cook County man was found guilty of bank fraud and failing to file a state income tax return, enabling him to steal more than $40,000 from residents and businesses in the Chicago suburbs. Darnell Murry, 41, was sentenced[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Chicago Woman Arraigned on Theft Charges
Defendant Allegedly Pocketed Rent Payments for Her Personal Use Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to announce theft charges against Cassandra Evans of Chicago, an employee of a CHA property management company, for allegedly[Read More…]
ISIL-Linked Hacker Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support
VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2016. Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, 20, a citizen of Kosovo, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkemaof the Eastern District of Virginia to providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and accessing a protected[Read More…]
Chinese National Charged for Stealing Source Code from Former Employer with Intent to Benefit Chinese Government
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2016. Xu Jiaqiang, 30, was charged in a six-count superseding indictment with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets, in connection with Xu’s theft of proprietary source code from his former employer, with the intent to benefit the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s[Read More…]
CEO of International Metallurgical Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metals to Iran
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2016. Erdal Kuyumcu, 44, the CEO of Global Metallurgy LLC, a company based in Woodside, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, in connection with the export of specialty metals from the United States to Iran. The[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Suit Against Ford Heights Recycling Company Following Fire
Court Grants Attorney General Madigan’s Request for Immediate Relief Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a lawsuit against a suburban recycling company following a tire fire that jeopardized air and water quality. Madigan filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against Illinois-based GMI Recycling[Read More…]
