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
Justice Department Settles Immigration-related Discrimination Claim Against Staffing Company
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with Paramount Staffing, a staffing company based in Northbrook, Ill., resolving an allegation that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by requesting more or different documents from individuals[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Citizenship Status Discrimination Claim Against IBM
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement yesterday with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it placed online job postings for application and software developers that contained[Read More…]
Two Miami-area Residents Indicted for Alleged Roles in $190 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. Two Miami-area residents were indicted in connection with their alleged participation in a $190 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida; Special Agent in Charge Michael[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. to Resolve Allegations of Mortgage Lending Discrimination
Settlement Provides $3 Million in Compensation to African-American and Hispanic Borrowers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. (Plaza) of San Diego will pay $3 million to aggrieved borrowers as part of a settlement to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern[Read More…]
Park Forest Swears In 5 New Police Officers
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village of Park Forest recently swore in five new police officers. All five officers are currently at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy at the College of DuPage and will graduate on September 27th. They will then enter the department’s Field Training Program where they will spend[Read More…]
Nine Alleged Members of Hobos Street Gang Indicted in RICO Conspiracy for Murders and Other Violent Drug-Related Crimes in Chicago
Defendants include Gregory Chester and Desjuar Anderson, of Richton Park, identified as the leader of the Hobos CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. Nine defendants who allegedly directed or participated in a violent, drugtrafficking street gang known as the Hobos were charged today in a federal racketeering conspiracy (RICO) indictment with engaging in[Read More…]
Nine Automobile Parts Manufacturers and Two Executives Agree to Plead Guilty to Fixing Prices on Automobile Parts Sold to U.S. Car Manufacturers and Installed in U.S. Cars
Companies Agree to Pay a Total of More Than $740 Million in Criminal Fines Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. Nine Japan-based companies and two executives have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of more than $740 million in criminal fines for their roles in separate conspiracies to fix[Read More…]
Five Miami Residents Arrested for Alleged Roles in $48 Million Home Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2013. Five Miami residents have been charged for their alleged roles in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida; Special Agent in Charge[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Infinity Group to Resolve Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with Infinity Group (IG) and its related entities resolving allegations that the companies violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). IG is based in Clute, Texas and provides project-based temporary skilled[Read More…]
