Tax Services Provider Allegedly Prepared Fraudulent Amended and Original Returns in Chicago-Area Hotel Rooms Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 26, 2014. The United States filed a complaint in federal court in Chicago to bar Laurie G. Helfer, aka Laurie G. Powell, individually and through her businesses Laurie’s Freelance & Tax Preparation Services and[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2014. Three southwest suburban defendants were indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly scheming to swindle hundreds of thousands of dollars from a not-for-profit network that coordinated organ and tissue donations in Illinois and northwest Indiana, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The indictment seeks forfeiture of $652,298[Read More…]

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. Two suburban men are facing federal gun charges for allegedly illegally possessing 40 firearms, and one of them was also charged with selling firearms without a federal license between 2010 and 2011, federal law enforcement officials announced today. One defendant, WALTER FREEMAN, also known as “Charlie”[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2014. A former executive of a bank in Bahrain pleaded guilty today to federal income tax fraud, admitting that he filed three false tax returns and failed to file a fourth return, resulting in a tax loss to the United States of more than $1.3 million over four[Read More…]

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2014. A former chief executive officer of Chicago’s first red light camera vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., and the company’s customer liaison with the city, were indicted today on federal corruption charges together with a retired city official who managed the red light camera program for nearly[Read More…]

ROCKFORD—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2014. A Dakota, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday afternoon to federal prison for conducting a scheme to defraud more than 3,600 victims out of more than $120,000 in charitable donations. Federal Judge Frederick J. Kapala sentenced CLIFFORD J. EDWARDS, JR., 34, (formerly of Dakota and Loves Park, Ill.)[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The alleged patriarch of a Gangster Disciples street gang faction that operates in the two square blocks surrounding the 4500 block of West Jackson Boulevard on the city’s west side was arrested today and charged, together with 34 other defendants, with possessing and distributing heroin and crack[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 5, 2014. A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced today to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs in exchange for sex and cash. The defendant, JOSHUA D. BARON, a pediatric neurologist, pleaded guilty in March, admitting that he provided[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2014.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against two men on multiple counts of possessing and distributing child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Earlier today, investigators with Madigan’s office and[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 4, 2014. A former commercial real estate businessman was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for soliciting the murder of a Texas businessman whom he owed an $8 million judgment. The defendant, DANIEL DVORKIN, was convicted of solicitation of murder and five counts of using a telephone[Read More…]