Park Forest Police Officers Jim Kessler and Chris Mannino. (Photo: ENEWSPF) 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[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2012.  Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals will pay up to $48 million to resolve allegations that Healthpoint caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for an unapproved drug, Xenaderm, which was ineligible for reimbursement by those programs, the Justice Department announced today.   Under[Read More…]

Features interviews with former President Carter, and former President Clinton on global drug laws. First movie made by indie documentary maker Sam Branson NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2012.  Sundog Pictures announced today the release of their first feature documentary, “Breaking the Taboo,” which takes a critical look at the global war[Read More…]

Largest Annual Recovery in Department History Department Also Sets Records for Health Care and Mortgage Fraud Recoveries And Recoveries in Whistleblower Suits Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2012.  The Justice Department secured $4.9 billion in settlements and judgments in civil cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept.[Read More…]

 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2012. A Texas man was sentenced today to serve 330 months in prison for his participation in an international child pornography distribution ring, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett of the Southern District of Indiana. [Read More…]

49 Countries Worldwide Join Forces to Fight Online Child Sexual Abuse Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2012. Attorney General Eric Holder and European Union (EU) Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström will launch the Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online at a ministerial conference tomorrow, Dec. 5, 2012, in Brussels. The[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012.  Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the release of the recommendations by the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women: “For the past two years, the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women has displayed remarkable leadership and dedication to the cause[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. The former director of accounting and the former outside auditor of Arizona-based residential mortgage loan originator American Mortgage Specialists Inc. (AMS) pleaded guilty in Arizona to conspiracy to defraud BNC National Bank and obstruction of justice, respectively, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Quavondris Lee Graves, from East St. Louis, pled guilty in federal district court to aiding and abetting kidnapping, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Graves, 21, is scheduled for sentencing on March 18, 2013. He faces a maximum penalty of[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- LaShawn K. Ford, an Illinois State Representative who also invested in real estate in Chicago, was indicted Thursday on federal bank fraud and related charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining a $500,000 increase and a two-year extension on a line of credit from the failed ShoreBank and obtaining multiple[Read More…]