Lawsuits in Cook, DuPage, Logan & Vermilion Counties Highlight Need for Legislation for Statewide Home Repair and Construction Task Force to Confront Illegal Operators Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a series of lawsuits against home repair contractors for scamming homeowners out of thousands of dollars for[Read More…]
Law and Order
President of Higher Education Software Provider Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Hack into Competitors’ Computer Systems
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2014. The president and chief executive officer of Virginia-based Symplicity Corporation pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into the computer systems of two competitors to improve his company’s software development and sales strategy. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,[Read More…]
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Smuggle and Traffic Counterfeit Viagra Tablets
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 20, 2014. A Texas man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to smuggle and to traffic in counterfeit and misbranded pharmaceuticals, including Viagra tablets, from China, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District[Read More…]
Milwaukee Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 20, 2014. Today a federal grand jury in Milwaukee returned a two count indictment charging Paul Carter, aka Pimpin’ Paul, with sex trafficking offenses dating from 2012 through 2013, the Justice Department announced. Carter, 44, of Milwaukee, is charged with one count of sex trafficking of an adult[Read More…]
Jordanian Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Illegally Discharging Oily Waste
Company Sentenced to Pay $500,000 Criminal Penalty Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 20, 2014. Jordan-based Arab Ship Management Ltd. pleaded guilty today in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, to one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Justice Department and the U.S. Coast Guard announced. In accordance with the[Read More…]
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Based in Japan Pleads Guilty in International Bribery Scandal
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 20, 2014. U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Daniel Layug pleaded guilty in the Southern District of California today to accepting more than $10,000 in cash, consumer electronics and travel expenses from a foreign defense contractor in exchange for classified and internal Navy information. Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Law School Admission Council Agrees to Systemic Reforms and $7.73 Million Payment to Settle Justice Department’s Nationwide Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 20, 2014. The Justice Department filed a joint motion today for entry of a landmark consent decree to resolve allegations that the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) engaged in widespread and systemic discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the proposed consent decree, LSAC[Read More…]
Sun-Times Video: Lawsuit Claims Chicago Cops Physically, Verbally Abuse Woman
Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)— From the Chicago Sun-Times: A Chicago police officer hit a handcuffed, kneeling woman in the head, while another shouted racially charged comments at her and threatened she’d be murdered during a raid of a West Side tanning salon. And the whole disturbing scene was captured on video, according[Read More…]
South Loop Condo Developer and Two Attorneys Among Six Defendants Indicted in $22.8 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. A south loop condominium developer and two attorneys are among six defendants facing federal charges for allegedly engaging in a $22.8 million mortgage loan fraud scheme, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendants allegedly caused buyers to fraudulently obtain approximately 60 mortgages from various lenders to[Read More…]
Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty in Ricin Letter Investigation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. James Everett Dutschke, 41, of Tupelo, Mississippi., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sharion Aycock, in Aberdeen, Mississippi., to a 300 month prison sentence for developing and possessing the biological agent ricin and subsequently mailing ricin-laced, threatening letters including one that threatened bodily harm[Read More…]
