CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. The president of a Florida-based financial firm has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in connection with the sale of $179 million in sham loans to a Milwaukee investment company. TIMOTHY G. FISHER was the president and chief operating officer of First Farmers Financial[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Tazewell County business owner pleaded guilty to defrauding the state out of more than $600,000. Hisham M. Jaber, 40, of Pekin, pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent tax returns and was sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016.  A property manager has been charged in federal court with fraudulently pocketing more than $150,000 in illegal fees from a condominium association in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. ALAN P. GOLD, the owner and operator of Chicago-based A.P. Gold Realty & Management Inc., overbilled the Edgewater condo association for[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016.  A drug dealer who sold crack cocaine and heroin on Chicago’s West Side and western suburbs was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for trying to murder a federal informant who was assisting law enforcement. KELSEY JONES and his associates tried to kill the informant[Read More…]

Illinois & 14 States Settle Over Data Breach That Exposed Consumers’ Personal Information Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a $1 million multistate settlement with the software company Adobe Systems Inc. (Adobe) for jeopardizing the personal information of thousands of consumers during a data breach. Madigan[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2016.  A Milwaukee man was sentenced yesterday to more than 21 years in federal prison for transporting an underage girl to the Chicago area from Wisconsin to engage in prostitution. DAJUAN KEY, 31, brought the girl to the Chicago area from Madison, Wisc., in September 2013.  At[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2016.  Two Chicago men have been charged with federal drug and firearm violations for allegedly selling heroin out of a backyard in the North Lawndale neighborhood. DIANTE DAVIS and MARKIEASE COUSINS were arrested on Oct. 17, 2016, after they sold four zip-lock bags of heroin to an[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2016.  The founder of a Geneva investment firm has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for using client funds to purchase a yacht and luxury vehicle and to trade his own stocks. STEPHEN C. BROWERE, the founder of Geneva-based Stephens Capital Management Inc., used the[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a lawsuit against Volkswagen Group of America Inc. for tampering with vehicle emissions controls in its 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter Volkswagen and Audi diesel engine cars sold nationwide. Madigan’s complaint was filed in Cook County Circuit Court and seeks civil penalties[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016.  A federal jury has convicted an Indiana man on fraud charges for holding himself out as a psychiatrist while prescribing medications to a nine-year-old child and dozens of others. SCOTT C. REDMAN, 37, of Hammond, Ind., used the identity of an Illinois physician to see patients[Read More…]