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…]
Law and Order
Former CIA Officer Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Leaking Classified Information and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2015. Jeffrey A. Sterling, 47, of O’Fallon, Missouri, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for disclosing national defense information and obstructing justice. Sterling disclosed classified information about a clandestine operational program concerning Iran’s nuclear weapons program to a New York Times reporter in 2003. Assistant[Read More…]
Virginia Woman Sentenced for Making False Statements in an International Terrorism Investigation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2015. Heather Elizabeth Coffman, 29, of Glen Allen, Virginia, was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for making false statements in an international terrorism investigation. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia and[Read More…]
Thirty-Three Defendants Charged in Massive Criminal Conspiracies Including Allegations of Fraud, Prescription Drug Diversion, and Money Laundering
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. Thirty-two people were arrested yesterday after being charged variously with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit identity theft, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to use a facility of interstate commerce to commit[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Evergreen Bank Group to Resolve Allegations of Discriminatory Motorcycle Lending
Settlement Compensates Affected Borrowers and Allows Bank to Continue Motorcycle Lending Using Revised Dealer Compensation Policies CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. Evergreen Bank Group of Oak Brook, Illinois, will eliminate or limit the discretion it gives to motorcycle dealers to increase interest rates as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Civil Complaint Against Healthcare Commons Inc. for Failure to Re-employ Returning Service Member
Alleges Violation of Employment Rights of Sergeant in Army National Guard Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today it has filed a civil complaint against a South Jersey company for failing to re-employ a former employee when she returned from a National Guard deployment, a violation of[Read More…]
Sixteen Hospitals to Pay $15.69 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Involving Medically Unnecessary Psychotherapy Services
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that 16 separate hospitals and their respective corporate parents have agreed to collectively pay $15.69 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the providers sought and received reimbursement from Medicare for services that were not medically reasonable or necessary, the[Read More…]
Three California Men and Minnesota Corporation Indicted in Nationwide Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. Three California men and a Minnesota company were charged in an indictment today in the Southern District of Ohio for their roles in a massive prescription drug diversion scheme. The indictment alleges that David Jess Miller, 50, of Santa Ana, California; Artur Stepanyan, 38, and Mihran[Read More…]
Cincinnati-Area Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. A federal grand jury has brought an additional charge against Christopher Lee Cornell, 21, of Green Township, Ohio. In a superseding indictment returned in Cincinnati, he is now also charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. The charge is in[Read More…]
Federal Court Issues Written Judgment Accepting Guilty Plea of Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd. for Violating U.S. Sanctions by Facilitating Trade with Iran and Sudan
Company Must Pay $232.7 Million Penalty Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. The U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia entered a formal judgment yesterday memorializing the sentence requiring Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd. (SOHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Ltd, to pay a $232,708,356 penalty to the United States for conspiring to[Read More…]
