A winter past at 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[Read More…]
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Park Forest Woman Charged In Connection With January 2nd Pedestrian Death on 26th Street
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police have charged 52-year-old Darcy L. Fox, 146 Well St., Park Forest, in connection with the January 2nd death of Albert Valdez, age 53, of Chicago Heights. According to police, Valdez was struck by a vehicle driven by Fox. According to a statement issued by[Read More…]
Two Miami Residents Sentenced to 72 Months in Prison for Their Roles in $63 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015. Two Miami residents were sentenced to serve 72 months in prison for their roles in a $62 million Medicare fraud scheme involving intensive mental health treatment programs. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the[Read More…]
Michigan Psychotherapy Clinic Owner Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for his Role in $3.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015. A former Michigan resident who directed a $3.3 million psychotherapy fraud scheme, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special Agent[Read More…]
Former Puerto Rico Police Officer Sentenced for Committing Perjury During Civil Rights Investigation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015. Former Police of Puerto Rico Sergeant Antonio Rodriguez Caraballo was sentenced today to serve 46 months in prison and three years supervised release for making a false statement under oath to the federal grand jury investigating civil rights violations stemming from the fatal beating of Jose[Read More…]
Illinois Federal Court Bars Woman and Her Businesses from Preparing Tax Returns
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015. A federal court in Chicago has permanently barred Laurie G. Helfer, aka Laurie G. Powell, individually and doing business as Laurie’s Freelance & Tax Preparation Services and Tax Lady Laurie Inc., from preparing federal tax returns for others and from operating a tax return business, the Justice[Read More…]
MetLife Home Loans LLC, Successor to MetLife Bank N.A., to Pay $123.5 Million to Resolve Alleged Federal Housing Administration Mortgage Lending Violations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 25, 2015. MetLife Home Loans LLC has agreed to pay the United States $123.5 million to resolve allegations that MetLife Bank N.A. (MetLife Bank) violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal[Read More…]
Three Brooklyn, New York, Residents Charged with Attempt and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Two Defendants Allegedly Planned to Travel to Syria in Order to Join ISIL; One Defendant Arrested While Boarding a Flight to Turkey NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—February 25, 2015. Earlier today, a criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, Akhror Saidakhmetov, and Abror Habibov with attempt and[Read More…]
Suspended Physician Sentenced To 1 ½ Years For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. A suburban physician whose medical license was suspended was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for health care fraud and illegally prescribing controlled substance medications. The defendant, SATHISH NARAYANAPPA BABU, who owned Anik Life Sciences Medical Corp., pled guilty in September 2014 to illegally prescribing[Read More…]
Former Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company Pleads Guilty in $5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. A Miami man pleaded guilty today to health care fraud charges in connection with a $5 million scheme to defraud Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent[Read More…]
