Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. After having been convicted at trial of producing child pornography, a Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced today to 139 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release by U.S. District Court Chief Judge K. Michael Moore. U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer for[Read More…]
Law and Order
Polo Woman Indicted For Embezzling More Than $59,000 From First State Bank
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. A Polo, Ill. woman was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury for embezzling funds. KAYLA BERGSTROM, 46, of Polo, Ill., was First Vice-President of First State Bank, with branches located in Polo and Shannon, Ill. As alleged in the indictment, as Vice-President, Bergstrom had the[Read More…]
Twenty-Five Individuals Indicted for Wire Fraud
Defendants Defrauded the U.S. Army National Guard Recruiting Assistance Program Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. Twenty-five individuals have been charged in 14 separate indictments for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and the National Guard Bureau of money and property, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft,[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for October 22, 2015
The Park Forest Police Department. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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[Read More…]
Police Investigating Shooting at Park Forest Cooperative, Area E
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police confirmed a report that an individual was shot yesterday in Park Forest Cooperative IV, Area E. According to an independent report, the shooting took place in Court E-9, which is west of Western Avenue, south of 26th Street. The male victim sustained a non-life[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Chicago Area Women Imprisoned for Identity Theft of Student Loan Funds
Attorney General Announces Sentences for Sisters Who Stole Identities to Obtain Over $300,000 in Financial Aid to Spend on Personal Items Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that two Chicago area sisters were sentenced to 10 years in prison in an identity theft scheme to obtain[Read More…]
Former DEA Agent Sentenced for Extortion, Money Laundering and Obstruction Related to Silk Road Investigation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice, which crimes he committed while working as an undercover agent investigating Silk Road, an online marketplace used to facilitate the sale and purchase[Read More…]
Former Civilian Department of Defense Employee Sentenced for Engaging In Illicit Sexual Conduct with a Minor in Honduras
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. A former civilian employee of the Department of Defense was sentenced to 84 months in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in a foreign place. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson[Read More…]
Owner of Pennsylvania Diet Supplement Business Sentenced to 30 Months Imprisonment for Selling Misbranded Drugs as Weight Loss Products over the Internet
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Cheryl Floyd, age 52, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, owner of Floyd Nutrition LLC, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo of the Middle District of[Read More…]
Millennium Health Agrees to Pay $256 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Drug and Genetic Testing and Illegal Remuneration to Physicians
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. Millennium Health, formerly Millennium Laboratories, has agreed to pay $256 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug and genetic testing and for providing free items to physicians who[Read More…]
