Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. Lockheed Martin Corporation and subsidiaries Lockheed Martin Energy Systems and Lockheed Martin Utility Services (collectively, Lockheed Martin) have agreed to pay the United States $5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and, in misrepresenting their compliance with RCRA to[Read More…]
Law and Order
Man Charged With First Degree Murder In Shooting Death Of 17-year-old De’Andre Allen
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police announced an arrest in the shooting death of 17-year-old De’Andre Allen, a young man shot on February 21, 2016, in the 100 block of Gibson Street. Lenae Patterson (pictured), age 21, of Park Forest, has been charged with one count of first degree murder[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for February 29, 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: Montgomery County Man in Custody for Tax Fraud
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a Montgomery County business owner surrendered today to law enforcement after pleading guilty to evading more than $40,000 in sales tax payments to the state. Long Clayton, 50, of Hillsboro, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court to one count[Read More…]
Two Dallas-Area Doctors and Four Others Charged for Roles in $13.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016. Six individuals, including two Dallas-area doctors, were charged in a superseding indictment that was unsealed today for their alleged participation in a $13.4 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,[Read More…]
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction to Prevent Florida Man from Distributing Unapproved Herpes Cure
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against James R. Hill, of Ocala, Florida, to prevent the distribution of unapproved drugs masquerading as a cure for the herpes virus, the Department of Justice announced today. The department[Read More…]
South Carolina Man Sentenced to 82 Months in Prison for Role in Nationwide Health Care Benefits Scheme
TENNESSEE–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016. A South Carolina man was sentenced to 82 months in prison today for his role in a nationwide health care fraud scheme that defrauded more than 17,000 victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Rivera of[Read More…]
Chicago Real Estate Developer Convicted on Federal Fraud Charges for Swindling Banks and the City out of Millions of Dollars in Loans
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 25, 2016. A federal jury yesterday convicted the president of a Chicago real estate firm on fraud charges relating to a $105 million line of credit for city and suburban properties, including a former Goldblatt’s Department Store on the North Side and the Streets of Woodfield Mall in[Read More…]
Freeport Resident Sentenced to 33 Months in Federal Prison for Tax Fraud
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. A Freeport resident was sentenced today in federal court on a federal tax fraud charge. The defendant, DOMINIQUE CASTLE, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 33 months in federal prison, and ordered to serve 3 years of supervised release following her[Read More…]
Kane County Woman Convicted of Witness Tampering for Hindering a Federal Investigation into Sham Marriage
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. A Kane County woman was convicted of witness tampering today for impeding a wide-ranging federal investigation into visa fraud and a sham marriage she had arranged for a Mongolian relative. After a five-day trial in federal court in Chicago, the jury convicted ENKHCHIMEG ULZIIBAYAR EDWARDS, also[Read More…]
