Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today, that Bridget Brasfield, 45, of Edwardsville, Illinois, pled guilty to a two-count information charging Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering. Sentencing has been set for August 30, 2016, in U.S. District Court in Benton,[Read More…]
Law and Order
Nevada Dry Cleaner Owner Indicted for Filing False Tax Returns and Obstructing the Internal Revenue Laws
Nevada-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury in the District of Nevada returned a superseding indictment on May 10 charging a Las Vegas woman with two counts of filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and one count of corruptly endeavoring to impair and impede the due administration of the[Read More…]
Florida Man Indicted for Allegedly Operating Sex Trafficking Enterprise
Florida-(ENEWSPF)- Jeffrey Jason Cooper, 46, of Miami Beach, Florida, was charged late yesterday in an 11-count indictment in the Southern District of Florida with sex trafficking and attempted sex trafficking by fraud, wire fraud, importation of aliens for prostitution or immoral purposes and use of a facility of interstate commerce[Read More…]
Chicago Man Sentenced To 38 Year Prison Sentence For 2014 Murder Of Jitney Cab Driver
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced to 38 years in prison for his role in connection with the shooting death of a jitney cab driver as the victim sat in his car waiting for a passenger in 2014, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Courtney[Read More…]
$15,000 Reward for Men Who Vandalized Death Valley, Caused Death of Rare Pupfish
Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- The Center for Biological Diversity today tripled the reward to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case of three men whose drunken spree led to the death of a tiny endangered fish in Death Valley National Park on April 30. “Devil’s Hole pupfish[Read More…]
Jury Convicts North Suburban Lawyer of Immigration Fraud for Falsifying Clients’ Applications for U.S. Asylum
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury today convicted a north suburban attorney of submitting false information to immigration authorities to help his clients seek asylum in the United States. ROBERT DEKELAITA accepted fees from foreign nationals in exchange for submitting the false documents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and[Read More…]
Justice Department Permanently Shuts Down International “Psychic” Mail Fraud Scheme
Fraudsters Allegedly Scammed Victims Out of More Than $180 Million Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a consent decree on Friday that permanently barred eight individuals and entities from operating an alleged international multi-million dollar mail-fraud scheme in the name of alleged psychics[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Park Forest Man As Leader of Violent Robbery Crew That Targeted Cell Phone Stores in Chicago Suburbs
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Park Forest man has been convicted in federal court of leading a crew of armed robbers that targeted cellular telephone stores in the Chicago suburbs. ERIC CURTIS recruited several individuals to join the crew and armed them with firearms to carry out the robberies. The crew stole hundreds[Read More…]
Caseville Woman Pleads Guilty To Armed Robbery Of Convenience Store
Case Is One of Many Brought as a Result of United States Attorney’s Metro-East Armed Robbery Initiative Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On May 6, 2016, Jenna M. McGlasson, a twenty-eight year old Caseyville, Illinois, woman pled guilty in federal district court to an Indictment charging her with Interference with Commerce by Robbery and[Read More…]
HRC and Equality NC Urge UNC Leadership to Reject HB2 and Comply with Federal Civil Rights Law
LGBT civil rights organizations call on university leaders to do the right thing: protect the wellbeing of students, avoid loss of billions in federal funding Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC have sent letters to chancellors and presidents of the University of North Carolina and North Carolina Community[Read More…]
