CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. Former Illinois State Rep. KEITH FARNHAM was charged today with possession of child pornography in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Farnham allegedly possessed two videos depicting child pornography on a computer that was seized from his state office in Elgin in March.[Read More…]
Law and Order
Niles-Based Education Firms and Executives Indicted in Alleged $33 Million Fraud; Bribes Allegedly Paid to Four School Officials
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. The federal government and more than 200 public school districts in 19 states, including Illinois, were defrauded of more than $33 million by two Niles–based companies and two of their executives, who purported to provide government-funded tutoring services to low-income students, according to a federal indictment announced[Read More…]
Alleged Human Smuggler Extradited to Face Charges in Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Habtom Merhay, a national of Eritrea and a citizen of the United Kingdom, made his initial appearance today in Washington, D.C., federal court to face human smuggling charges for his role in smuggling primarily Eritrean and Ethiopian undocumented migrants from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, through South[Read More…]
Houston Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Bomb Synagogue
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Dante Phearse, 33, has entered a plea of guilty to calling in a bomb threat to Congregation Beth Israel, a synagogue in Houston. The announcement is being made jointly by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District[Read More…]
Army National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the U.S. National Guard Bureau
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. A soldier in the Texas Army National Guard pleaded guilty today for his role in a bribery and fraud scheme that caused more than $30,000 in losses to the U.S. National Guard Bureau, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Forty-Fifth Defendant Sentenced for Trafficking Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizens
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. A Dominican national was sentenced today for his role in trafficking the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico,[Read More…]
Longtime Gang Member Sentenced to 24 Years in Federal Prison for Supervising Sales of 39 Kilos of Heroin on City’s West Side
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. A longtime member of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang who managed a heroin distribution spot between 2008 and 2010 at the corner of North St. Louis Avenue and West Ohio Street on the city’s west side was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison, federal law[Read More…]
Suburban Investment Advisor Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding At Least 10 Investors of $2.9 Million
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. A west suburban investment advisor was indicted on federal charges alleging that he fraudulently obtained approximately $2.9 million from at least 10 investors and misused the funds in a Ponzi-type scheme. The defendant, JOSEPH HENNESSY, co-owned and co-operated the now-defunct Resource Planning Group, Inc., formerly a registered[Read More…]
Freeport Man Sentenced To 51 Months In Federal Prison For Tax Fraud
ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. A Freeport, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on a federal charge relating to his preparation of fraudulent federal income tax returns. The defendant, JASON BOOTH, 32, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison, to be followed[Read More…]
Three Chicago Men Indicted for Their Alleged Roles in a Series of Armed Robberies of 10 Retail Businesses in Chicago and Suburbs
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. Three Chicago men are facing federal charges for their alleged roles in a series of armed robberies of various retail businesses in Chicago and several suburbs late last year and early this year, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The indictments charge nine armed robberies and an[Read More…]
