Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. A federal grand jury has returned a four-count indictment against two Texas men alleging hate crime offenses for their roles in a Mar. 8, 2012, assault of a gay, African-American man in Corpus Christi, Texas, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the[Read More…]
Law and Order
Naperville Businessman Sentenced To Seven Years In Federal Prison For Defrauding Investors Of More Than $3 Million
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A Naperville businessman who fraudulently coaxed his clients into investing millions of dollars in bogus Turkish bonds was sentenced Thursday to seven years in federal prison. JOHN T. BURNS III persuaded a dozen clients of USA Retirement Management Services to invest more than $3.3 million in[Read More…]
Taxicab Operator Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Titles Of Salvaged Cars And Re-Using Them As Taxis On Chicago Streets
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A Northbrook man pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he illegally obtained clean titles for salvaged and rebuilt vehicles and put them to use as taxicabs on the streets of Chicago. As the owner of Seven Amigos Used Cars Inc., ALEXANDER IGOLNIKOV fraudulently obtained paperwork to conceal[Read More…]
Rockford Man Arrested For Illegaly Possessing A Firearm
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2015. A Rockford man was arrested today for illegally possessing a firearm. CLIFFORD HORTON, 27, of Rockford, Ill., was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury in Rockford for possessing a .380 caliber pistol as a convicted felon. Horton is scheduled to be arraigned today at 1:00[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Kurbanov on Terrorism Charges
Idaho Man Found Guilty of Conspiracy and Attempt to Provide Material Support and Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A federal jury in the District of Idaho returned guilty verdicts today against Fazliddin Kurbanov, 33, on charges that he conspired and attempted to provide material support[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for August 13, 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…]
Tax Return Preparers Sentenced to Prison for Hiding Offshore Account and Assisting Wealthy Clients to Hide Millions in Secret Accounts at Israeli Banks
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. Two tax return preparers with offices located in California, Maryland and New York were sentenced today in Los Angeles for facilitating an offshore tax fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. David Kalai was sentenced to serve[Read More…]
California Resident Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to ISIL and Making False Statements
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. Adam Dandach, 21, of Orange, California, pleaded guilty today to a two-count second superseding information charging him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and making a false statement in a passport application. The guilty plea was[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for August 10, 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…]
Former New Jersey Resident Charged with Conspiracy and Attempt to Provide Material Support To ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. A former resident of Bergen County, New Jersey, was arrested this morning for allegedly conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National[Read More…]
