CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2016. A federal judge today sentenced the head of a Schaumburg home health company to six years in prison for scheming to bill Medicare for millions of dollars in unnecessary services. As the manager of Suburban Home Physicians, which did business as Doctor at Home, DIANA[Read More…]
State Crime Reports
Thirty Four Alleged Gang Members Charged with Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Guns, Assaults and Attempted Murders in Chicago and Suburbs
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2016. Two federal indictments unsealed in Chicago today charged 34 members of the Latin Kings street gang with participating in a criminal organization that assaults and attempts to murder its rivals and violently protects its territories in the city and suburbs. Authorities uncovered the alleged gang[Read More…]
Former Owner of Rooftop Building Across from Wrigley Field Convicted of Defrauding Chicago Cubs and Municipal Taxing Agencies
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2016. A federal jury today convicted the former owner of a rooftop building overlooking Wrigley Field of defrauding the Chicago Cubs and municipal taxing agencies by underreporting attendance figures and gross revenues. After a nine-day trial in U.S. District Court in Chicago, R. MARC HAMID, 47,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Woodford County Man Charged with Child Pornography Possession
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced yesterday that a Woodford County man was charged with disseminating child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Shawn L. Schmidt, 49, of El[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Convicted Sex Offender Ruled Sexually Violent
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced yesterday that a Cook County jury has found that a registered sex offender is a Sexually Violent Person (SVP) following a two-day trial. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Steven G. Watkins entered judgment on the jury’s verdict Tuesday and ruled[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Lawsuit Against DuPage County Used Car Dealer
Attorney General Alleges Mike’s Auto Forum Sold Vehicles Without Disclosing Salvage Titles Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a lawsuit today against a DuPage County car dealer for deceiving consumers into purchasing vehicles that had been wrecked or damaged and rebuilt, and failed to disclose the[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Will County Man Charged with Child Pornography Possession
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Will County man was charged with possessing child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Anthony Rutten, 26, of Joliet, was charged[Read More…]
High-Frequency Trader Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Disrupting Futures Market in First Federal Prosecution of “Spoofing”
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2016. In the first federal prosecution of its kind, a high-frequency trader was sentenced today to three years in prison for disrupting commodity futures prices in a $1.4 million fraud scheme. MICHAEL COSCIA, 54, used an automated trading technique known as “spoofing” to earn illegal profits[Read More…]
Behr Iron & Steel Inc. Sentenced on OSHA Violation Causing Death of Employee
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2016. A Rockford-based company was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston for willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, resulting in the death of an employee at the company’s facility in South Beloit, Ill. BEHR IRON & STEEL INC., a high volume ferrous[Read More…]
Chicago-Based Tax Return Preparer Who Targeted City Employees in Fraudulent Tax Return Schemes Permanently Shut down by Federal Court
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. According to a civil complaint the United States filed in 2014, a Chicago-based tax return preparer prepared returns that falsely claimed that recipients of discrimination awards related to a class-action lawsuit could claim large deductions on their federal tax returns and that falsely inflated the[Read More…]
