SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015.  The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced today that on June 18, 2015, a Vermilion County Circuit Court issued a Default Judgment Order against Excellent Petroleum, Inc. for $365,000. The order came in response to the company abandoning a truck stop and leaving ten[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015.  A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for producing a fictitious financial instrument that appeared to be issued under the authority of the U.S. Treasury.  BRADLEY SHERMAN HAMPTON, 55, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges today against a Winnebago County man on multiple counts of possessing and reproducing child pornography. Madigan’s investigators and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on Wednesday and arrested Robert Rossi, 39, at his residence on Wilshire Drive[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that an Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) caseworker was arraigned on charges of theft and official misconduct for allegedly stealing over $114,000 in assistance for needy families. Mary Hurst, 50, of Steeleville, pleaded not guilty today in Randolph County[Read More…]

CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals,[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  A former Dolton certified water operator was indicted last week on charges that, for several years, he routinely falsified paperwork to make it appear that Dolton was properly sampling its drinking water for microbiological contaminants. Dolton purchases its drinking water from the City of Chicago, which[Read More…]

Chicago –(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2015.  A Wilmette man was arrested this morning by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the Norridge and Arlington Heights Police Departments and is facing federal wire fraud charges for defrauding his clients of at least $1 million of investment funds. Alan Gold,[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2015.  A former Sycamore, Ill. resident was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for possessing child pornography.  MICHAEL PODOLSKY, 27, now of Elkader, Iowa, who pled guilty to the charge on January 27, 2015, was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment, to be followed by[Read More…]

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015.  A Skokie man was indicted last week for international parental kidnapping of his three children and traveling with them to Turkey without their mother’s consent, permission or knowledge.  MURTAZA ALI, 44, of Skokie, was charged with one count of international parental kidnapping by a federal grand[Read More…]

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015.  A former owner and operator of Selectcare Health, Inc., a provider of outpatient physical and respiratory therapy located in Park Ridge and Skokie, was sentenced to federal prison for engaging in a $2.5 million health care fraud scheme. Ankur Roy, 38, of Miami Beach, Florida, was[Read More…]