Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 19, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that an Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) caseworker was charged for allegedly misappropriating more than $160,000 in assistance for needy families. Amy Mueller, 40, of Highland, Ill., was arraigned earlier today on charges brought by Madigan’s office in Madison[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2015.  A federal judge today sentenced a Lisle man to 16 years in prison for putting at least 80 firearms into the hands of known gang members on the streets of Chicago. WALTER FREEMAN obtained the guns from a co-defendant, TIMOTHY VANA, in exchange for crack cocaine. [Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2015.  A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico was sentenced today to 19 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport large amounts of narcotics to the Chicago area. TOMAS AREVALO-RENTERIA directed a portion of the cartel’s U.S.-based couriers, who distributed[Read More…]

Attorney General Alleges Legalizauto Rey Scammed Consumers Seeking to Transport Vehicles to Mexico for Vacations & Extended Stays Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against an unlicensed Chicago company for scamming over $100,000 from consumers who sought to transport their vehicles to Mexico. Madigan[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2015.  The owner of a Wheaton financial firm misused more than $1.2 million in client money to fund his company’s payroll and business obligations, according to a ten-count indictment returned in federal court in Chicago. ROBERT PEARSON, the owner and chief executive of Illinois Stock Transfer Co.,[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a lawsuit against three underground employment agencies and two suburban Chinese buffet-style restaurants alleging numerous federal and state civil rights violations, as well as wage violations, in their treatment of immigrant Latino workers. Madigan’s lawsuit alleges the employment agencies target[Read More…]

Landfill will be prevented from accepting certain chemical waste Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a settlement with Clinton Landfill Inc. that will prohibit it from accepting certain chemical waste without first obtaining local governmental siting approval. For years, the validity of the landfill’s permit has[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a lawsuit against the operators of two Kane County concrete businesses for scamming suburban Chicago residents out of over $85,000 for work that was either substandard or never performed. Attorney General Madigan filed the lawsuit in Cook County Chancery Court against[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015.  The former executive director of two Deerfield-based physician offices was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for fraudulently diverting nearly $500,000 of the companies’ funds to her own use. JAYNE KULHANEK, 57, used corporate credit cards of The Laser Network LLC and United Eye[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez today announced the owner of a south suburban company has been named in consumer fraud lawsuits filed today on behalf of senior citizens and homeowners who were defrauded out of thousands of dollars in deposits[Read More…]