Allegations Include Mail and Wire Fraud, Introduction of Adulterated and Misbranded Food into Interstate Commerce with Intent to Defraud or Mislead, and Conspiracy Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. A 76-count indictment was unsealed yesterday charging four former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and a related company with numerous[Read More…]

(Video provided by the FBI) Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is renewing its request for assistance from the public in identifying the individual they have dubbed the “Bully Bandit,” who is believed to be responsible for a string of nine bank robberies in Chicago and Berwyn that[Read More…]

FBI: White Sentenced for Soliciting Violence Against Hale Jury Foreman Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Self-proclaimed white-supremacist William A. White was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for soliciting violence to the foreman of a federal jury in Chicago that convicted another white supremacist, Matthew Hale, in 2004. White stood trial[Read More…]

Suspect Believed to be Bully Bandit Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- Agents from the FBI responded to a bank robbery that occurred February 15, 2013, at approximately 2:20 p.m. The robber, believed to be the same individual previously nicknamed the “Bully Bandit,” entered the Chase Bank branch located at 3339 West Belmont in Chicago,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2013.  The architect of an operation that allegedly distributed illegal robocalls offering credit card interest rate reduction programs, extended automobile warranties, and home security systems, is banned from telemarketing under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC settlement against Roy M. Cox, Jr., is part[Read More…]

FORT WAYNE, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity: Plea: Joseph Klinker, 38, of Decatur, Indiana, pled guilty before Magistrate Judge Roger Cosbey to the felony offense of bank fraud. Magistrate Cosbey is recommending that the district court accept the tendered guilty plea. Parties have 10 days[Read More…]

HAMMOND, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in federal court: Indictment: Jazneen Williams, 22, of Gary, Indiana, was charged in an Indictment returned on October 17, 2012 with making materially false statements in connection with the purchase of a firearm and making false statements about information[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Dr. Mahmoud Yassin, 60, of Robinson, Illinois, pled guilty in federal district court for obstructing a criminal health care fraud investigator, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced February 14. Dr. Yassin will be sentenced for this felony offense on May[Read More…]