ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2015. The owner of a McHenry, Ill., tax preparation business, together with three employees and four clients, were arrested today after being indicted on federal charges alleging they participated in a $600,000 mail fraud scheme by preparing and filing over 200 false personal federal income tax returns[Read More…]
State Crime Reports
Chicago Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Zimbabwe President Mugabe and Others
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon for the Northern District of Illinois, Special Agent-in-Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Office and Special Agent-in-Charge James C. Lee of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division in Chicago announced[Read More…]
Computer Analyst Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Stealing Trade Secrets From Citadel And Previous Employer
Colleague Sentenced To Three Years’ Probation For Obstruction Of Justice CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015. A highly-skilled computer science engineer, YIHAO PU, who a prosecutor said “meticulously planned and brazenly executed” stealing sensitive trade secrets from two former employers ― a trading firm in New Jersey and later Citadel, LLC, a[Read More…]
Former Sandwich, Illinois Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Making A False Statement To A Financial Institution
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015. A former Sandwich, Ill. business owner pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to a charge of making a false statement to a financial institution. The defendant, STEVEN J. MOORHOUSE, 62, was President and majority owner of Jefsco Manufacturing Co., Inc., a manufacturing[Read More…]
Naperville Man Admits Stealing U.S. Computer Equipment Worth $332,000 While Working For Defense Contractor In Afghanistan
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015. A Naperville man who worked for a U.S. military contractor pleaded guilty today to stealing U.S. military computer and communications equipment worth more than $332,000 from a military air base in Afghanistan and later selling and shipping almost half of the high-end equipment to vendors in[Read More…]
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mohammed Hamzah Khan for Allegedly Attempting to Support Terrorism Overseas
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)-January 9, 2015. A southwest suburban Bolingbrook man who was arrested in October, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly attempting to travel overseas to join a foreign terrorist organization operating inside Iraq and Syria, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, a[Read More…]
Cicero Man Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Arson That Killed Man Sleeping In Adjacent Apartment In 2012
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2015. A Cicero man was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison for setting fire in January 2012 to his estranged girlfriend’s southwest side apartment that resulted in killing a man sleeping in the apartment next door. The defendant, JUAN ADAME, was convicted of federal arson[Read More…]
Former Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison For Using Excessive Force Against Detainee In Maywood
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. A former Cook County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced today to one year in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a man who was being held in the county’s detention lockup facility in Maywood in 2010. The defendant, RAFAEL MUNOZ, pleaded guilty in September to[Read More…]
Joliet Area Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Filing Hundreds Of False Returns, Causing IRS To Lose More Than $5.3 Million
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. A Joliet area tax preparer pleaded guilty today to filing hundreds of false federal income tax returns for clients, causing the Internal Revenue Service to lose more than $5.3 million. The defendant, JEFFREY SHELBY, JR., 31, of Joliet, pleaded guilty at his arraignment after being[Read More…]
Multiple Arrests Announced in Large Illinois Drug Ring
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 7, 2015. U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton of the Southern District of Illinois announced today that 16 people were arrested for offenses relating to the production and distribution of methamphetamine in Marion and Clinton Counties on Jan. 6, 2015, following their indictment by a Federal Grand Jury sitting[Read More…]
