CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2015.  A former Vice-President of a brewing company was charged in a twenty count indictment yesterday along with seven co-defendants, as a result of an alleged scheme to defraud the company of at least $7 million by submitting false estimates and invoices that billed for fictitious promotional[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015.  A Naperville man was charged by information today on federal charges he set fire to the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora on September 26, 2014, federal law enforcement officials announced today.  Brian Howard, 37, of Naperville, was charged with one count of willfully[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2015.  A River Grove man was sentenced to 3 years in prison today as a result of his conviction for impersonating an employee of the U.S. Marshals Service on two occasions in 2013.  The defendant, ROBERT P. ROZYCKI, 39, pledguilty to the offense in November 2014.  U.S.[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2015.  A high-ranking leader of the Black Disciples street gang was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison after being convicted of narcotics distribution.  The defendant, WALTER BLACKMAN, 52, of Gary, Indiana, pleaded guilty in August 2014 to distribution of illegal narcotics.  Today’s sentence was imposed[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2015.  A Chicago man was sentenced yesterday to 90 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Edmond E. Chang for his role in a scheme involving theft of hundreds of identities which were used to file approximately 395 false and fictitious tax returns claiming refunds[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2015.  A former Miami Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison guard was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Norgle for his role in a scheme involving theft of prison inmates’ identities which were used to file[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2015.  Two Chicago area men were arrested yesterday after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Rockford and charged with conspiring to manufacture, possess and distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants. Arrested were: GEORGE H. BACUS, 51, of Niles, Ill., and JEREMIAH N. CLEMENT, 37, of[Read More…]

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2015.  A federal grand jury returned a two count indictment charging BRUCE H. NIGGEMANN with receiving and possessing child pornography, federal law enforcement officials announced today. Niggemann, 65, of West Dundee, was indicted April 16 on one count of receiving and one count of possessing child pornography,[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2015. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a consent decree for permanent injunction against Wholesome Soy Products Inc., Julia Trinh and Paul Trinh to prevent them from distributing adulterated mung bean and soybean sprouts, the Department of Justice announced today. The department filed[Read More…]

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015.  A former North Chicago school board member, and the last defendant of five,  was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for receiving at least $566,000 in kickbacks from three co-defendants who controlled several different transportation companies that received more than $21 million in student[Read More…]