Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a DuPage County man was arrested on charges of theft and tax fraud for allegedly stealing over $391,000. Tale Aburukbeh, 37, of DuPage County was indicted this week in DuPage County Circuit Court on charges of Theft of Government[Read More…]
State Crime Reports
Attorney General Madigan Reaches Settlement for Illegal Herbicide Treatment
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today her office has reached a settlement with two Illinois companies for environmental damage caused by herbicides sprayed near the Short Fork Seep Nature Preserve in McDonough County. Under the terms of the settlement, McDonough Power Cooperative and Spoon River Electric[Read More…]
Owners And Nurses Of Chicago Home-Healthcare Company Among Seven Indicted In Medicare Fraud And Kickback Scheme
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. The husband-and-wife owners of a Chicago home-healthcare business paid kickbacks to employees and marketers in exchange for referring elderly and disabled patients to the company for unnecessary or non-existent treatment that was funded by Medicare, according to a 23-count federal indictment unsealed today. HCN Home Healthcare[Read More…]
Three Convicted Felons From Chicago Area Indicted On Federal Firearm Offenses
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Three Chicago-area men with prior felony convictions have been indicted on federal gun charges for illegally possessing semiautomatic weapons. THADDEUS JIMENEZ, 36, of Des Plaines, was arrested in Chicago last week while in possession of a loaded Kimber, Sapphire-model, .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol. He was charged with[Read More…]
Father And Son Among Four People Indicted In $2.9 Million Ponzi Scheme Involving Bogus Mortgage Sales In North Suburbs
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. A father and son schemed with a Chicago attorney and a Lincolnwood businessman to sell $2.9 million in phony mortgages to more than a dozen duped investors, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. ALBERT ROSSINI, 67, the owner of Devon Street Investments Ltd., in Lincolnwood,[Read More…]
Chicago Woman Indicted For Stealing Identities Of Nursing-Home Residents And Using Their Names To Claim Refunds From Fraudulent Tax Returns
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. A Chicago woman sought federal tax refunds through a series of fraudulent returns she filed in the names of other people, including a number of nursing-home residents who had no knowledge that their personal information was being used, according to a federal indictment announced today. SHANTELL[Read More…]
Former Owner Of Mastro Auctions Sentenced To 20 Months In Federal Prison In Shill-Bidding Scam
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2015. The former owner and CEO of a sports memorabilia auction house was sentenced Thursday to 20 months in federal prison for using phony bids to fraudulently inflate the price of his company’s listings at auction. As the owner and chief executive officer of Mastro Auctions, WILLIAM[Read More…]
Former Redflex CEO Pleads Guilty To Corruption In Awarding Of City Of Chicago’s Red-Light Camera Contracts
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. The former chief executive officer of Chicago’s first red-light camera vendor pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge Thursday. As the CEO of Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., KAREN FINLEY funneled cash and other personal financial benefits to a City of Chicago official and his friend, knowing[Read More…]
Naperville Businessman Sentenced To Seven Years In Federal Prison For Defrauding Investors Of More Than $3 Million
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A Naperville businessman who fraudulently coaxed his clients into investing millions of dollars in bogus Turkish bonds was sentenced Thursday to seven years in federal prison. JOHN T. BURNS III persuaded a dozen clients of USA Retirement Management Services to invest more than $3.3 million in[Read More…]
Taxicab Operator Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Titles Of Salvaged Cars And Re-Using Them As Taxis On Chicago Streets
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A Northbrook man pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he illegally obtained clean titles for salvaged and rebuilt vehicles and put them to use as taxicabs on the streets of Chicago. As the owner of Seven Amigos Used Cars Inc., ALEXANDER IGOLNIKOV fraudulently obtained paperwork to conceal[Read More…]
