CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016.  A Chicago investment advisor was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for engaging in a scheme to defraud an Oak Brook bank and two of his clients out of more than $3.2 million. ROBERT J. LUNN made a series of misrepresentations to Leaders Bank[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016.  A Polo, Ill. woman pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to embezzling $59,560.88 from First State Bank Shannon-Polo. KAYLA C. BERGSTROM, 46, of Polo, was First Vice-President of First State Bank, with branches located in Polo and Shannon, Ill.[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016.  A federal judge today convicted a Chicago marketer of taking illegal payments in exchange for referring elderly patients to a Skokie-based home healthcare company. JENETTE GEORGE was convicted on two counts of violating the federal Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute, and one count of conspiracy to[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a former Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) caseworker was arraigned on charges of theft, aggravated ID theft and official misconduct for allegedly stealing a reissued LINK card from a DHS client. Gwendolyn Ross, 63, of Rockford, surrendered herself[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016.  A Rockford man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. CLIFFORD HORTON, 28, of Rockford, Ill., was sentenced to 86 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  A former senior analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago admitted in federal court today that he stole confidential financial documents from the bank shortly before resigning his position and accepting a new job. JEFFREY CHO, 35, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2106.  Three local men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Rockford, Ill. on charges of arson. JASON VANDUYN, 39, of Machesney Park, Ill.; and BRIAN BURD, 48, and ROBERT WARMOTH, 42, both of Rockford, were all charged with one count of arson and one count of[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  A Chicago man who traded more than 5,000 photos and 600 videos of children being sexually exploited has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Using the email account [email protected], DEVIN JONES traded the images and videos with others via the Internet.  Many of the[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  The owner of a Schaumburg real estate appraisal company pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to willfully failing to pay more than $550,000 in personal income taxes. WILLIAM DADDONO, the owner of Advanced Appraisal Group, admitted in a plea agreement that from 2005 to 2010 he[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2016.  A Chicago psychiatrist was sentenced today to nine months in federal prison for accepting nearly $600,000 in fees and benefits from pharmaceutical companies in exchange for prescribing a medication to his patients. DR. MICHAEL J. REINSTEIN prescribed the drug Clozapine to thousands of elderly and indigent[Read More…]