CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015.  The chief executive of Chicago-based Mobile Doctors pleaded guilty today to charges that he fraudulently increased Medicare bills for in-home treatment that was shorter and less complicated than the claims indicated. DIKE AJIRI, 44, of Wilmette, admitted in a plea agreement that he personally altered patient[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015.  A Polo, Ill. woman was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury for embezzling funds.  KAYLA BERGSTROM, 46, of Polo, Ill., was First Vice-President of First State Bank, with branches located in Polo and Shannon, Ill.  As alleged in the indictment, as Vice-President, Bergstrom had the[Read More…]

Attorney General Announces Sentences for Sisters Who Stole Identities to Obtain Over $300,000 in Financial Aid to Spend on Personal Items Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that two Chicago area sisters were sentenced to 10 years in prison in an identity theft scheme to obtain[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that several relatives of a former Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) caseworker were arraigned on criminal charges in an ongoing case dubbed “Operation All in the Family.” Three family members of former IDHS employee Debra Moore pleaded not guilty[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2015.  A Kenilworth businessman has been indicted on charges he evaded federal income taxes by concealing $3 million he earned in connection with a high-rise real estate deal in downtown Chicago, federal authorities announced today. SALVATORE GALIOTO earned $3 million in personal income as part of the[Read More…]

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2015.  A Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 47 years in federal prison for running a brutal sex trafficking ring that forced four victims into prostitution. McKENZIE CARSON used violence and coercion to force his victims into working as prostitutes in Chicago and nearby suburbs.  Carson frequently[Read More…]

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2015.  A Grundy County gun dealer was sentenced today to 4 years in federal prison for selling nearly a dozen firearms to buyers he believed were not legally allowed to purchase the weapons. PATRICK SEAN KEIRAN, 41, used his federal firearms license to sell eleven weapons to[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2015.  The former owner of Edgewater Medical Center on Chicago’s North Side was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison for his efforts to thwart collection of more than $188 million in civil judgments. PETER G. ROGAN lied in a federal affidavit when he denied controlling[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015.  A federal indictment returned today charges BARBARA BYRD-BENNETT with using her position atop the Chicago Public Schools to award lucrative no-bid contracts to her former employer in exchange for bribes and kickbacks. The 23-count indictment alleges that Byrd-Bennett steered no-bid contracts worth more than $23 million[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2015.  A federal grand jury in Rockford returned a superseding indictment today charging seven individuals, six men and a woman, with conspiring to manufacture, possess and distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants.  The superseding indictment charges four individuals, JEREMIAH N. CLEMENT, 37, of Des Plaines, Ill., GEORGE[Read More…]