Company’s Owner Promised Mortgage Help Then Defrauded Consumers of more than $26,000 Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit against a Cicero company and its owner for a mortgage rescue and consumer fraud scheme that illegally charged consumers approximately $20,000 in upfront fees that resulted in little,[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015.  A former Cook County Corrections Officer admitted in federal court today that he smuggled marijuana, tobacco and alcohol into the Cook County Jail. JASON MAREK delivered the contraband to a jail inmate after tucking it into sandwiches and sneaking it past security, according to a written[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015.   A psychiatrist and counselor in a Chicago medical practice were arrested today on charges they falsely diagnosed individuals as disabled in order to help them bypass certain tests for U.S. citizenship. Dr. MAREK WALCZYK and KATARZYNA FERGEMANN fraudulently declared the applicants as suffering from a[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2015.   A Chicago man was arrested today for allegedly threatening to murder students and staff at the University of Chicago. JABARI R. DEAN, 21, of Chicago, is charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.  He is scheduled to make an initial appearance today at 3:00[Read More…]

Attorney General Announces Sentence for Scheme to Access Retirement Funds by Submitting Children’s Fake Death Certificates, Stealing Coworkers IDs Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 27, 2015. On Wednesday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that two former Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) employees were sentenced for a scheme to steal thousands of dollars from the[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2015.  On April 13, 2015, this Office announced a joint federal and state investigation into the October 20, 2014, fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald.  Both before and since that announcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our law enforcement partners have been conducting a thorough investigation into the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2015.   The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with a Rockford, Illinois landlord to resolve a claim he failed to inform tenants, some[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015.  A senior accountant at the Illinois Medical District Commission pleaded guilty today to charges she embezzled more than $130,000 from the agency by misdirecting procurement funds into her personal accounts. CYNTHIA FERNANDEZ-ALONSO, 42, of Berwyn, used her position to direct payments from the Commission’s bank account[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015.  A Glenview man who was hired by the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office after purportedly loaning $15,000 to a company controlled by the Clerk’s husband lied under oath when testifying about it before a grand jury, according to a federal indictment announced today. In August[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015.  A former sergeant in the Chicago Police Department pleaded guilty today to charges he took cash payments from a liquor store clerk in exchange for disclosing private government information. RAY M. RAMIREZ served as a sergeant in the 12th Police District on the city’s Near West[Read More…]