ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. SOULA APOSTOLOPOULOS, 46, of Woodstock, Ill., formerly of Barrington Hills, Ill., pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to making false statements in her bankruptcy case. She was indicted on October 21, 2014, along with her husband, DANIEL APOSTOLOPOULOS. According to the plea[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015.  A federal jury in Chicago on May 15, 2015, convicted the administrator and biller of a Schaumburg, Illinois, in-home visiting physician group for their participation in a $4.5 million health care fraud scheme that included billing Medicare for services rendered to patients who were dead and services[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was arrested this May 14 and is facing federal gun charges for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The defendant, LABAR SPANN, was arrested following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the[Read More…]

ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Enviro-Safe Refrigerants Inc. of Pekin, Illinois, has agreed to pay a $300,000 civil penalty and cease marketing and sale of unapproved flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants as substitutes for ozone depleting substances (ODS).  ODS are being phased out of production and importation because they deplete the Earth’s stratospheric ozone[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.  A Bolingbrook man was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for  violating U.S. export laws by attempting to ship a thermal imaging camera from his company in Schaumburg to a company in Pakistan without obtaining a license from the U.S. Commerce Department, federal law[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2015.  Two Postal Service employees were arrested today for allegedly opening and stealing the contents of Express Mail and Priority Mail parcels, which included narcotics.  The defendants, Aramis Brown and Zaphronsia Wheeler, were arrested following an investigation by United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (Postal[Read More…]

Settlement Compensates Affected Borrowers and Allows Bank to Continue Motorcycle Lending Using Revised Dealer Compensation Policies CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. Evergreen Bank Group of Oak Brook, Illinois, will eliminate or limit the discretion it gives to motorcycle dealers to increase interest rates as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit[Read More…]

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015.  A Chicago investment adviser was sentenced today to 36 months imprisonment for fraudulently using new investor funds, including funds from elderly investors, to pay off old investors, leading to a loss of almost $1 million.  The defendant, JOSEPH HENNESSY, 54, of Western Springs, was also ordered[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2015.  Former Chicago police officer Francis Zoller was the final defendant to be sentenced today in the six year investigation Operation Tow Scam, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Zoller, 46, of Chicago, pled guilty on June 11, 2014 to one count of attempted extortion under[Read More…]

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2015.   Ten assorted pistols, rifles, shotguns, and a revolver have been seized and a Palos Hills man is facing federal firearms charges as a result of an investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  Over the course of the investigation, the defendant[Read More…]