Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today said a Freeport man was charged with multiple counts of possessing and disseminating child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. John A. Fernandez, 23, is[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2014. A former Chicago commodities trader was sentenced to 6½ years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $10 million and misappropriating a substantial portion of the money for his personal commodities futures trading, to make Ponzitype payments to investors, and to benefit himself and his family,[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 4, 2014. A north suburban man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for amassing a staggering collection of child pornography over a decade. The defendant, DANIEL BERMAN, 49, of Northbrook and formerly of Buffalo Grove, pleaded guilty last July to receiving child pornography, admitting that he[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2014.  A Southern Illinois man was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and ordered to repay the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) $44,670 for collecting unemployment insurance benefits while working and tax fraud. James L. Quirin, 59, of Sauget, also was sentenced to three years of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 4, 2014. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the owner and those responsible for the management of a 126-space mobile home park in Effingham, Ill., for violating the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by discriminating against African-Americans and families with children. “People should not be denied the[Read More…]

Longest Sentence for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Illinois Since Anti-Fraud Provisions First Enacted in 2005 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2014.  Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Andrew Boron today announced a recent workers’ compensation fraud investigation has resulted in an eight and a half year sentence for a central Illinois man.  Elbert[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2014.  A certified public accountant who was involved in the auditing process at a publicly-traded company based in Chicago was indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly engaging in insider trading of the company’s securities that made him an illegal profit of more than $286,000 in 2012. The[Read More…]

Coordinated Strategy, Increased Violence Prevention Investments and Other Key Initiatives Result in Reduction of Shootings Involving Youth CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, and Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) Commissioner Evelyn Diaz announced today a 40 percent decrease in youth violence through a[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2014.  An owner of an Illinois hospice company was charged with federal health care fraud for allegedly engaging in an extensive scheme to obtain higher Medicare and Medicaid payments by fraudulently elevating the level of hospice care for patients, many of whom resided at nursing homes he also[Read More…]

ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014.  A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala as the last of seven defendants to be sentenced on related drug trafficking charges. ANGELO TURNER, 30, was sentenced to 57 months in prison without parole, to be followed by[Read More…]