Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2014. Shokrollah Baravarian, of Beverly Hills, California, was charged today in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California with conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. According to the indictment, Baravarian, a former senior vice president[Read More…]
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Detroit-Area Physical Therapist, Physical Therapy Assistant and Unlicensed Doctor Convicted in $14.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2014. A federal jury in Detroit today convicted a physical therapist, physical therapy assistant and unlicensed doctor for their participation in a nearly $15 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of[Read More…]
Armed Robbery April 30 at US Bank in Park Forest
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police issued a press release regarding an armed robbery at US Bank in Park Forest on Wednesday, April 30. The release follows: On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at approximately 11:00 AM, Park Forest Police responded to an Armed Robbery at the US Bank[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for May 1, 2014
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…]
RETRACTED: Juvenile Eludes Kidnappers; Police Are Investigating
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police say a 14-year-old juvenile who claimed he was kidnapped after he got off his school bus at the intersection of Blackhawk Drive and Suwanee Street on April 25 will be charged with filing a false police report. eNews Park Forest learned this subsequent to reporting on[Read More…]
Area Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Illegally Traffic Firearms From Missouri to Illinois
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. A former Crest Hill man was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for illegally trafficking and possessing five firearms that his sister illegally bought in Missouri and shipped to him in Illinois. The defendant, RICHARD CARRINO, a previously convicted felon who was barred from[Read More…]
Jamaican Citizen Sentenced in Connection with International Lottery Scheme That Defrauded Elderly Americans
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2014. Oneike Mickhale Barnett, a Jamaican citizen, was sentenced today in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in connection with his role in a fraudulent lottery scheme based in Jamaica that targeted victims in the United States, the Justice Department announced. Barnett was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William[Read More…]
Alabama Man Sentenced to Prison for Million Dollar Scheme Using Prisoner Identities to Obtain False Tax Refunds
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2014. Harvey James was sentenced today to serve 110 months in prison for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama. [Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Springfield Man Charged with Class X Child Pornography
Springfield—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2014. A Springfield man is in custody on $200,000 bond after being charged with multiple counts of disseminating child pornography as part of Operation Glass House, a statewide initiative Attorney General Lisa Madigan launched to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Terry[Read More…]
‘Karl Lee’ Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Using a Web of Front Companies to Evade U.S. Sanctions
Sanctions Previously Had Been Imposed Because of “Karl Lee’s” Role in Iranian Weapons Proliferation Activities; an Additional Round of Sanctions Are Also Announced Today Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2014. Li Fangwei, who is more commonly known by his alias “Karl Lee,” is charged with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act[Read More…]
