CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2015. A Chicago man was sentenced today to a 120 month term of imprisonment for taking control of two Chicago-area home health companies and using them to bilk Medicare out of more than $20 million. JACINTO “JOHN” GABRIEL, JR., 48, has been in custody since February 2014, when[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2015.  A former smoke shop owner and her employee were charged by criminal complaint yesterday for allegedly conspiring to distribute substances containing controlled substance analogues at the Cigar Box, a store formerly located in the Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, federal law enforcement officials announced today.  Ruby[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015.  A Cary, Ill. man was charged today in federal court with bank robbery. MICHAEL FETERICK, 45, of Cary, Ill., also known as “Michael Retterly,” was charged with the robbery of Fifth Third Bank, 1745 South Eastwood Drive, Woodstock, Ill., on April 15, 2015. According to the[Read More…]

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015.  A former information technology manager for a Northbrook-based company was indicted Tuesday for allegedly damaging servers maintained by the company, intercepting company emails without authorization, and disclosing the contents of intercepted emails without authorization. The defendant, George N. Turner, was charged with one count of computer[Read More…]

CHICAGO ─(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015.  The Department Manager of Applications at PACE was arrested yesterday on a federal complaint for allegedly accepting over $280,000 in kickbacks and gratuities in exchange for the influence he exerted in placing certain information technology (“IT”) contractors at PACE and in their employment at PACE. In[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a settlement with Winnebago Reclamation Services Inc. (WRS) for air pollution and permit violations related to the operation of its landfill. Under the terms of the settlement, WRS will pay $219,000 to the state to settle alleged violations of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. The United States has filed a complaint seeking to bar a retired Chicago firefighter from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil complaint against Irving Brown Sr., which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015.  A former Moecherville Water District (MWD) board president appeared in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois today on federal charges for allegedly stealing $33,597 in property mortgaged and pledged to the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015.  A man formerly of Lafayette, Indiana and now in federal custody was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in federal prison for amassing a large collection of child pornography over multiple years. The defendant, THOMAS MANNING, 54, pleaded guilty last July to possessing child pornography, admitting that[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against the former executive director of a Chicago-based charity for stealing funds of a charitable organization that was created to help low-income families avoid foreclosure. Rudolph Harper, 63, of Chicago, was charged in Cook County Criminal Court with one[Read More…]