Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a DuPage County man was arrested on charges of theft and tax fraud for allegedly stealing over $391,000. Tale Aburukbeh, 37, of DuPage County was indicted this week in DuPage County Circuit Court on charges of Theft of Government[Read More…]
Law and Order
Virginia Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Providing Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2015. Ali Shukri Amin, 17, of Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced today to 136 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release and monitoring of his internet activities for conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State in Iraq and the[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Reaches Settlement for Illegal Herbicide Treatment
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today her office has reached a settlement with two Illinois companies for environmental damage caused by herbicides sprayed near the Short Fork Seep Nature Preserve in McDonough County. Under the terms of the settlement, McDonough Power Cooperative and Spoon River Electric[Read More…]
Owners And Nurses Of Chicago Home-Healthcare Company Among Seven Indicted In Medicare Fraud And Kickback Scheme
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. The husband-and-wife owners of a Chicago home-healthcare business paid kickbacks to employees and marketers in exchange for referring elderly and disabled patients to the company for unnecessary or non-existent treatment that was funded by Medicare, according to a 23-count federal indictment unsealed today. HCN Home Healthcare[Read More…]
Three Convicted Felons From Chicago Area Indicted On Federal Firearm Offenses
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Three Chicago-area men with prior felony convictions have been indicted on federal gun charges for illegally possessing semiautomatic weapons. THADDEUS JIMENEZ, 36, of Des Plaines, was arrested in Chicago last week while in possession of a loaded Kimber, Sapphire-model, .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol. He was charged with[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for August 27, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (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…]
Park Forest Police Offer $1,000 Reward in Shooting Death of Deshaun ‘Wilt’ Harris
Park Forest Police are offering a $1,000 reward in the August 19, 2015 shooting death of Deshaun ‘Wilt’ Harris. (Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department are offering a $1,000.00 reward for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the offender or offenders in[Read More…]
Two CBS Journalists Shot Dead in Virginia While Reporting Live
Alison Parker and Adam Ward, reporter and cameraman from CBS Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV. (Photo: WDBJ-TV) Moneta, VA-(ENEWSPF)- From the New York Times: “Two journalists were shot to death Wednesday morning while broadcasting live from a strip mall in Moneta, Va., near Roanoke, the police said. “Video from the shooting appeared[Read More…]
Co-Founder of OXYwater and Wife Sentenced for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Tax Crimes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. A husband and wife residing in Lewis Center, Ohio, were sentenced to prison in U.S. District Court today for their roles in a fraud scheme related to the company Imperial Integrative Health Research and Development LLC (Imperial) and its product, OXYwater, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Former Investment Banking Analyst and Two Friends Charged in Insider Trading Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. An analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities and two longtime friends were taken into custody this morning after being charged in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges they participated in an insider trading scheme that netted more than $600,000 in illicit profits. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
