CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. A Chicago investment adviser was sentenced today to 36 months imprisonment for fraudulently using new investor funds, including funds from elderly investors, to pay off old investors, leading to a loss of almost $1 million. The defendant, JOSEPH HENNESSY, 54, of Western Springs, was also ordered[Read More…]
Law and Order
Final Defendant Sentenced In Operation Tow Scam 15 Defendants Convicted And Sentenced
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2015. Former Chicago police officer Francis Zoller was the final defendant to be sentenced today in the six year investigation Operation Tow Scam, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Zoller, 46, of Chicago, pled guilty on June 11, 2014 to one count of attempted extortion under[Read More…]
Palos Hills Felon Charged With Illegally Possessing And Dealing Firearms; 10 Guns Seized
CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2015. Ten assorted pistols, rifles, shotguns, and a revolver have been seized and a Palos Hills man is facing federal firearms charges as a result of an investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Over the course of the investigation, the defendant[Read More…]
Former Vice-President And Seven Others Charged In Scheme To Defraud Beer Company Of Over $7 Million
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2015. A former Vice-President of a brewing company was charged in a twenty count indictment yesterday along with seven co-defendants, as a result of an alleged scheme to defraud the company of at least $7 million by submitting false estimates and invoices that billed for fictitious promotional[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Bullhead City Fire District in Arizona to Enforce Employment Rights of United States Army Reserves Member
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2015. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today that a settlement has been reached with the Bullhead City Fire District (BCFD) in Arizona, resolving claims that BCFD violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), by discriminating against U.S. Army Reserves Member[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlements with Three Public Entities to Remove Barriers to Employment for People with Disabilities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that it reached settlement agreements with the city of Parowan, Utah; the city of Española, New Mexico; and the village of Ruidoso, New Mexico. The agreements resolve investigations of each public entity under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for May 2, 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…]
U.S. Will Pay $13.2 Million for Cleanup Evaluation of 16 Abandoned Uranium Mines on the Navajo Nation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. In a settlement agreement with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. will place $13.2 million into an environmental response trust to pay for the evaluations of 16 priority abandoned uranium mines located across Navajo lands. The investigation of these sites is a necessary step before final cleanup[Read More…]
Former Puerto Rico Police Officers Sentenced for Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice Violations Related to Fatal Beating
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. Former Puerto Rico Police Officers Jimmy Rodriguez Vega and David Colon Martinez were sentenced today for civil rights and obstruction of justice violations related to the fatal beating of Jose Luis Irizarry Perez, 19, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights[Read More…]
BNP Paribas Sentenced for Conspiring to Violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, was sentenced today for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) by processing billions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial system on[Read More…]
