CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. Two executives of a prominent Chicago real estate development company were indicted today on federal fraud charges alleging that they lied about and concealed unpaid property taxes, the double-pledging of public financing notes issued by the City of Chicago, and the company’s default on those notes so[Read More…]

  Chicago –(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced charges today against four Chicago area gas station owners for defrauding the state of more than $1 million in sales taxes. The cases are the latest crackdown in a joint operation that to[Read More…]

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2013. A federal jury today convicted a Bolingbrook man of running a sex trafficking ring between at least late 2009 and November 2010 that forced into prostitution at least four victims, including a minor who was 17 at the time. The defendant, McKENZIE CARSON, was found guilty[Read More…]

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed suit against a former state vendor alleging he illegally misspent more than $8 million in taxpayer grant funding intended for at-risk children and their families, including on personal expenses such as travel, tickets to concerts and professional sporting events, and cash[Read More…]

Employee became ill on his first day on the job CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013.  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Aldridge Electric Inc. for one serious safety violation following the June 25 death of a 36-year-old worker who developed heat stroke at a job site[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013.  An owner of Chicago realty business who formerly was also the chief executive of a failed Chicago bank was arrested today on federal bank fraud charges involving an alleged scheme to illegally provide a $650,000 mortgage for the purchase of a south side apartment building. A Chicago[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Two former water department officials for the southwest suburban Village of Crestwood were each sentenced today to two years’ probation for lying repeatedly to environmental regulators for more than 20 years about using a water well to supplement the village’s drinking water supply. The defendants, FRANK SCACCIA,[Read More…]

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with 44 other attorneys general to announce that three of the nation’s largest mobile phone carriers – AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile – will stop charging their customers for premium text messages and effectively put an end to practice of cell[Read More…]

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced criminal charges against a Chicago area man for illegally obtaining personal bank information and withdrawing funds from victims’ bank accounts nearly two dozen times. Kiril Dinev, 45, of Palatine, was arraigned earlier today in Cook County Circuit Court for attempting to[Read More…]

Google Settles Claims with Attorneys General Over Tracking Consumers’ Surfing Habits Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with 37 other attorneys general to announce a $17 million settlement with Google Inc. to resolve claims that it circumvented privacy settings on Apple Safari browsers enabling advertisers to gather[Read More…]