CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013.  Four defendants were indicted on federal charges for their alleged roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $10 million in loan proceeds from a suburban bank through the sales of 26 gas stations in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin. Two defendants, CHARNPAL GHUMAN and AGA[Read More…]

Springfield—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a Champaign man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty late yesterday to stealing assets reserved for his disabled mother’s care. Champaign County Judge Heidi Ladd sentenced Daryl E. Wrona, 47, of Urbana, to the Illinois Department of Corrections[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013.  Two facilities of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which were spruced up in 2011, became part of an FBI sting investigation that resulted in federal charges against a former assistant engineer for allegedly taking $10,000 in kickbacks from two contracts he steered to a contractor[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2013. Two former analysts for the Cook County Board of Review were convicted today on federal conspiracy, bribery, and fraud charges for accepting $1,500 to facilitate reducing by more than $10,000 the property taxes on three residential properties identified by an individual who was cooperating with federal agents.[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2013.  A former Elgin man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of firearms and narcotics crimes at trial this past summer, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The case is another example of successful cooperation between federal, state and local law enforcement partners[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2013.  The owner and three other executives of the now-closed Sacred Heart Hospital and four physicians affiliated with the former west side facility were indicted yesterday on federal charges alleging that they collectively paid and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal kickbacks in exchange for the[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2013.  Two arrests on child pornography charges following separate raids this week in DuPage County bring to 50 the total arrests since 2010 in Operation Glass House, Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. “Our work,[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn today granted 65 and denied 124 clemency petitions. This action marks another step in a series of clemency decisions aimed at eliminating a backlog of more than 2,500 cases that built up during the previous administration. The 189 clemency petitions acted upon by Governor[Read More…]

Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a Peoria area gas station owner was sentenced to federal prison in return for his guilty plea to state and federal charges of mail fraud and filing a false tax return. Lakhvir Nijher, also known as Tony Nijher, 51, of Metamora,[Read More…]

Former Water Dept. Official Indicted on Charges of Stealing Nearly $71,000 in Village Funds Springfield—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced yesterday that a Crainville woman will return to court October 28 for a preliminary hearing for allegedly stealing nearly $71,000 from the village. Linda Harvill, 62, was charged[Read More…]