Chicago — (ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois State Police (ISP) today announced that three Metro East residents have been charged with Medicaid fraud for conspiring to bill the state of Illinois for more than $151,000 in personal assistance services that were not provided. Marcus Brumfield,[Read More…]
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Attorney General Madigan Probes National Job Search Sites Over Potential Age Discrimination
Attorney General Madigan Calls on Career Search Sites to Explain Potential Age Discrimination Violations Against Older Job Seekers Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sent letters to six national career and job search companies over potential age discrimination violations in setting age requirements for job seekers searching[Read More…]
Owner of Suburban Telemarketing Company Sentenced to a Year in Prison in Patients-For-Cash Kickback Scheme
Sundae Williams (Photo Source: LinkedIn) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2017. The head of a Homewood telemarketing company has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for pocketing illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to home health care agencies. As the owner of Serenity Marketing Inc., which did business as[Read More…]
Rockford Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing a Rockford Bank and a Coin Store
David J. Sanders mugshot ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2017. A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to bank robbery, robbery affecting interstate commerce and a related firearm charge. DAVID J. SANDERS, 33, pleaded guilty to the robbery of BMO Harris Bank, 1480[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Joins Drug Pricing Lawsuit
Madigan & 39 Attorneys General File Amended Complaint in Lawsuit against Six Drug Companies, Alleging Violations of State Antitrust & Consumer Protection Laws Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined a federal antitrust lawsuit alleging that six generic drugmakers entered into illegal agreements in order to artificially[Read More…]
University of Chicago Crime Lab Partnering With Police in Chicago’s Highest-Crime Districts
UChicago to provide data analysis and support in Englewood and Harrison neighborhoods CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017. The University of Chicago Crime Lab will provide real-time data analysis and on-the-ground support to the Chicago Police Department as part of an effort to increase the effectiveness of policing in two of Chicago’s highest[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Essex Township Clerk Arrested for Theft, Official Misconduct and Financial Institution Fraud
Madigan Pursues Public Corruption Charges of Kankakee Area Official Over Brazen Theft of Taxpayer Money Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Office of the Inspector General for the FDIC (FDIC-OIG) today announced Essex Township Clerk Traci Freytag was arrested after she allegedly used taxpayer money for personal expenses[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Settlement with BNSF Railway for Oil Spill Caused by Train Derailment
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a settlement with Delaware-based BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) following a train derailment that caused a crude oil spill near the city of Galena. The settlement resolves environmental concerns that arose in 2015 when a BNSF train derailed, spilling a large amount[Read More…]
Chicago Man Charged with Sex Trafficking for Recruiting Minors to Engage in Sex Acts
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2017. A Chicago man was arrested today on federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly using Facebook to recruit minors to participate in sex acts with him and others. BRYAN OSBORNE, 27, posed as a woman named “Lonyae Johnson” to communicate via Facebook with more than 2,000 individuals,[Read More…]
Chicago Man Charged with Possessing Child Pornography
CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2017. A Chicago man was ordered detained in federal custody yesterday for allegedly possessing thousands of photographs and videos of child pornography. SCOTT RESKEY, 61, is charged with one count of possessing an image of child pornography involving a minor under the age of 12. A[Read More…]
