WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2017. A major U.S. hospital service provider, TeamHealth Holdings, as successor in interest to IPC Healthcare Inc., f/k/a IPC The Hospitalists Inc. (IPC), has agreed to resolve allegations that IPC violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, the Defense Health Agency and the Federal Employees[Read More…]
State Crime Reports
Attorney General Madigan: Hang Up on Phony Computer Tech Support Scams
Madigan Issues Alert After Increase in Scam Calls to Illinois Residents & Attorney General’s Office Employees Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today alerted Illinois residents to a current wave of phone scams in which callers pose as computer security experts in an attempt to gain access to[Read More…]
Suburban Chicago Physician Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charge
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. A Suburban Chicago physician pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to bribery concerning health care programs receiving federal funds. NEIL SHARMA, 36, of Lemont, has been a licensed Illinois physician since March 2011. Between September 2013 and March 2015, he was the[Read More…]
Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty in Stolen Identity Tax Fraud Scheme
ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017. A former Poplar Grove, Illinois woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Rockford, Illinois this week to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon for the Northern[Read More…]
Leader of Chicago Street Gang Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Guns and Drugs on West Side
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2017. A convicted felon who was a leader of the violent Gangster 2-6 Nation street gang has been sentenced to 22 years in prison on federal gun and drug charges. A federal jury in 2015 convicted FRANCISCO MASIAS of selling cocaine and illegally possessing 16 handguns. Masias,[Read More…]
DOJ Report: Justice Calling
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson (photo by Maria Cardona) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017 By: Curtis Black “Unconstitutional policing has no place in the Chicago Police Department or the city of Chicago,” said Supt. Eddie Johnson in response to a U.S. Justice Department report finding patterns and practices of excessive force and other[Read More…]
University of Chicago Crime Lab Releases 2016 Gun Violence Report
Researchers examine reasons for increase, look to policy strategies in new year Prof. Jens Ludwig presents findings from Crime Lab’s report on Chicago’s rise in gun violence. Photo by: Jean Lachat CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2017 By: Mark Peters A new report from the University of Chicago Crime Lab examines Chicago’s 2016[Read More…]
Investment Manager Arrested On Fraud and Misappropriation Charges In Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Swindle
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2017. A Connecticut investment manager has been arrested for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that swindled approximately 30 individuals, including victims who reside in the Chicago area. ALVIN WILKINSON, the founder of Chicago Index Partners LP and Wilkinson Financial Opportunity Fund LP, both based in[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Lockport Woman Of Scheming To Defraud a Not-For-Profit Organ Donation Network
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2017. A Lockport woman was convicted on federal fraud charges this week for scheming to swindle money from a not-for-profit network that coordinated organ and tissue donations in Illinois and northwest Indiana. DEBRA A. SCHULTZ received the proceeds of false invoices which had been submitted to[Read More…]
Former Chicago Police Dispatch Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Federal Extortion Charge in Connection with Scheme to Smuggle Contraband into Cook County Jail
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2017. A former dispatch supervisor for the Chicago Police Department admitted in federal court today that she provided private government information to her boyfriend in an effort to help smuggle contraband into Cook County Jail. STEPHANIE LEWIS used her position in the City of Chicago Office of[Read More…]
