WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2011.  Thirty-five members and associates of the Barrio Azteca (BA) gang have been charged in a third superseding indictment unsealed today with various counts of racketeering, murder, drug offenses, money laundering and obstruction of justice, announced Attorney General Eric Holder.   Of the 35 defendants, 10 Mexican nationals[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed an Antitrust action against four packaged ice manufacturers alleging the companies illegally conspired not to compete against each other for packaged ice business in Northern and central Illinois. Instead, the companies allegedly engaged in unlawful cooperative arrangements with their co-conspirators divvying[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2011.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a Chicago-area businessman entered guilty pleas to charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $18 million in public funds reserved for minority businesses. Robert Blum, 58, of New Lenox, pleaded guilty to two counts of Minority Business Fraud. Judge Kevin Sheehan sentenced[Read More…]

Superseding Indictment Unsealed, Arraignment Set for March 9 TUCSON, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2011.  A federal grand jury yesterday returned a 49-count superseding indictment against Jared Lee Loughner of Tucson for the murder of a federal judge and a Congressional staff member, as well as for causing the deaths of four other[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2011.  The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) this week exercised its ’emergency scheduling authority’ to criminally prohibit the possession and sale of chemical agents contained in so-called ‘fake’ herbal marijuana products, commonly sold over the counter under the brand names ‘K2’ and ‘Spice.’ The agency had[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2011.   Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that the arrest of a Metro East man on child pornography charges is the 19th suspect taken into custody in her continuing crackdown on the most active traffickers who download and trade child pornography on the Internet. Michael K. Wyrozynksi,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2011.  Drug manufacturer Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to pay a criminal fine of $150 million and forfeit assets of $14 million following the company’s guilty plea in November 2010 to one felony count of obstructing justice, one misdemeanor count[Read More…]

More Than 90 Actions Brought By Commission and Its Law Enforcement Partners Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—March 2, 2011. The Federal Trade Commission today stepped up its ongoing campaign against scammers who falsely promise guaranteed jobs and opportunities to “be your own boss” to consumers who are struggling with unemployment and diminished incomes[Read More…]