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
President of Houston Hospital and Three Others Convicted in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. A federal jury in Houston today convicted the president of Riverside General Hospital (Riverside), his son, and two others for their participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment. Ten defendants have now been convicted in connection with the[Read More…]
Owner of Texas Perfume Business Indicted for Violating Cash Reporting Requirements Involving More Than $1.6 million
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. The owner and president of a wholesale and retail perfume store in Laredo, Texas, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on 44 counts of causing his business to fail to report cash transactions of more than $10,000. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of[Read More…]
Chicago Investment Advisor Convicted Of Defrauding Suburban Bank And Two Clients Of More Than $3.2 Million
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014. A Chicago investment advisor was convicted on Friday of federal bank fraud charges for engaging in a scheme to defraud Oak Brook-based Leaders Bank and two of his clients of more than $3.2 million and ultimately causing the bank to lose more than $2.7 million. The defendant,[Read More…]
Michigan Luxury Car Mechanic Indicted for Tax Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. A mechanic who specializes in repairing exotic foreign cars and other high-end luxury vehicles was arrested on Friday after being indicted on tax charges by a grand jury in Detroit, the Justice Department announced. Terry Myr, a resident of Smith’s Creek, Michigan, was charged with tax[Read More…]
Two Connecticut Men Plead Guilty to Bribery Scheme Involving FBI Agent in New York
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. Two Connecticut men pleaded guilty today to bribery charges, admitting that they participated in a scheme to obtain confidential, internal law enforcement documents and information from a former FBI Special Agent in White Plains, New York. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
Justice Department Sues Wisconsin Mobile Home Park for Discriminating Against Families with Children
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the owners and operators of the Twin Oaks Mobile Home Park, a 230-lot mobile home park, in Whitewater, Wisconsin, for refusing to allow families with children to live in certain areas of the park,[Read More…]
Romanian Man Sentenced for Role in International Fraud Scheme Involving Online Marketplace Websites
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. A Romanian man was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison for his role in receiving and sending overseas approximately $320,000 in illicit proceeds derived from an international fraud scheme involving online marketplace websites. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division[Read More…]
Operators of Houston Area Diagnostic Centers Agree to Pay $2.6 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. Two groups of Houston-based diagnostic centers have agreed to pay the United States a total of more than $2.6 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce R. Branda for the Department of Justice’s Civil Division and[Read More…]
Raleigh Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support for Terrorism
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. Akba Jihad Jordan, 22, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Jordan and co-defendant Avin Marsalis Brown, 21, also of Raleigh, were arrested on March 19, 2014, and charged initially in[Read More…]
