Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2015. A suburban real estate attorney and radio talk show host was sentenced today to 70 months imprisonment for stealing approximately $2.34 million from her clients. The defendant, KATHLEEN NIEW, 59, of Burr Ridge, was also ordered to pay restitution of $2.34 million to the victims of[Read More…]
State Crime Reports
Attorney General Madigan, Randolph County State’s Attorney Walker Charge Drew Peterson for Solicitation of Murder
Chicago –(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Randolph County State’s Attorney Jeremy R. Walker yesterday filed a two-count criminal information against Drew Peterson, 61, an inmate at the Menard Correctional Center, charging him with one count of solicitation of murder for hire and one count of solicitation of[Read More…]
Rockford Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud Involving More Than $500,000 In Fictitious Money Orders
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. A Rockford, Ill. man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for producing a fictitious financial instrument that appeared to be issued under the authority of the U.S. Treasury. In pleading guilty, BRADLEY SHERMAN HAMPTON, 55, admitted that on Aug. 31, 2009, he[Read More…]
Kirk, Dart Announce Nationwide Arrests of Sex Traffickers
72 Individuals Arrested in Illinois with Intent to Purchase Sex; Largest Nationwide Sting Since 2011; More Than 100,000 Children At Risk of Being Trafficked Every Year MAYWOOD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today joined Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart to announce the arrest of 570[Read More…]
CEO and Head Trader Of Bankrupt Sentinel Management Sentenced To Prison Terms For $665 Million Fraud Scheme Before Firm’S 2007 Collapse
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. The former chief executive officer of the bankrupt Sentinel Management Group, Inc., was sentenced today to 14 years, and the firm’s former head trader was sentenced to eight years, in federal prison for defrauding hundreds of victims, including customers of Sentinel’s own clients, of more than[Read More…]
Suburban Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison For Cheating 455 Investors Of $105 Million And Causing $34 Million Loss
CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. A northwest suburban man was sentenced today for engaging in a lengthy investment fraud scheme in which he and a co-defendant swindled approximately $105 million from 455 investors who invested in funds they purported to operate. The defendant, DANIEL SPITZER, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of[Read More…]
Chicago Woman Pleads Guilty To Making Hoax Distress Call, Causing U.S. Coast Guard To Launch $13,000 Rescue Effort
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. A Chicago woman pleaded guilty today to a federal crime for making a false report two years ago that a person had fallen into Lake Michigan and was in distress, causing the United States Coast Guard and other first responders to launch a dangerous search and[Read More…]
Former Sycamore Resident Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. A former Sycamore, Ill. resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to possessing child pornography. MICHAEL PODOLSKY, 27, now of Elkader, Iowa, admitted in the written plea agreement that on and prior to July 12, 2013, he owned and was in possession[Read More…]
Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14-Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2015. Twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores, regarded as Chicago’s most significant drug traffickers who rose from street level dealers to the highest echelons of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel and a rival cartel before they began providing unparalleled cooperation to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), were each[Read More…]
Pair Sentenced To Federal Prison Terms For Swindling $30 Million From More Than 100 Investors In Purported Telecom Business
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 24, 2015. Two defendants were sentenced yesterday to federal prison terms for an investment fraud scheme in which they swindled more than $30 million from more than 100 investors in a purported voice-over-internet telecommunications business. One defendant, GAIL HOWARD, was sentenced to seven years in prison, while her co-defendant,[Read More…]
