CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. Eleven Chicago and suburban residents, among others, are facing federal prosecution for alleged federal income tax crimes in various separate cases filed recently. Defendants from Bolingbrook and Palatine were charged with evading income taxes by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to bank accounts that they[Read More…]
State Crime Reports
Melrose Park Police Department Detective Arrested For Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine And Illegal Firearm Possession
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Melrose Park detective was arrested yesterday for allegedly attempting to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The defendant, GREGORY SALVI, was arrested following an investigation by the Chicago[Read More…]
FTC, Illinois Attorney General Halt Chicago Area Operation Charged With Illegally Pressuring Consumers to Pay ‘Phantom’ Debts
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. The Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office have obtained a court order temporarily halting a fake debt collection scam located in Aurora, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The defendants are charged with illegally using threats and intimidation tactics to coerce consumers to[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: DHS Worker Arraigned on Charges of Theft, Official Misconduct
Chicago — (ENEWSPF)—April 8, 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 $35,000 in assistance for needy families. Tarcia Watkins, 46, of South Holland, pleaded not guilty today in[Read More…]
US Army National Guard Soldier And His Cousin Indicted For Conspiring To Support Terrorism (ISIL)
CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015. U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, and Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the Chicago Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that two Aurora, Illinois, men were[Read More…]
Chicago Prepaid Cellphone Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Filing False Federal Income Tax Returns
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015. A business owner of Chicago based prepaid phone stores pleaded guilty yesterday to federal income tax fraud, admitting that he filed four false tax returns, resulting in a tax loss to the United States of more than $174,093, beginning in 2009. The defendant, Ken Leon, 47,[Read More…]
Suspended Chicago North Side Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Conterfieit Viagra
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. A suspended Chicago pharmacist today admitted to illegally obtaining counterfeit Viagra and Cialis from China and illegally dispensing the bogus medications at his north side pharmacy. The defendant, MICHAEL MARKIEWICZ, who owns Belmont Pharmacy, 6148 West Belmont, pled guilty to trafficking counterfeit Viagra from his pharmacy[Read More…]
West Chicago Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Transporting A Minor Interstate For Criminal Sexual Purposes
CHICAGO ― (ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2015. A West Chicago man was sentenced Monday to the maximum of 10 years in federal prison for transporting a minor for criminal sexual purposes. The defendant, NICACIO JAIMES-MORENO, 52, pled guilty in October 2014, to one count of knowingly transporting a minor interstate with the[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Charges Against Directors of Saline County Domestic Violence Nonprofit
Attorney General Alleges Defendants Illegally Obtained State & Federal Grants, Stole Charitable Funds for Domestic Violence Assistance Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday announced charges against the directors of a Saline County non-profit domestic violence shelter for falsifying records to obtain state and federal grant funding and[Read More…]
Volo, Illinois Woman Charged In Federal Court With Attempted Robbery Of Chase Bank In Johnsburg
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015. A Lake County woman was charged yesterday in federal court with attempted bank robbery. TERESA M. KNOWLES, 39, of Volo, Ill., was charged with the attempted robbery of Chase Bank located at 2911 Commerce Drive, Johnsburg, Illinois, on March 24, 2015. According to the complaint, Knowles[Read More…]
