A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FORMER OWNER OF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE AND FINANCE COMPANY SENTENCED ROCKFORD — ANTHONY F. D’AGOSTINO, 79, the former owner, CEO and President of Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co., in Rockford, was sentenced today … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: CARY BUSINESS OWNER SENTENCED TO OVER 5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR INTERNATIONAL FRAUD SCHEME ROCKFORD – A Cary, Ill. business owner was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: CARY BUSINESS OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO $1 MILLION INTERNATIONAL FRAUD SCHEME ROCKFORD — A Cary, Ill. business owner pleaded guilty to wire fraud today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick … Continue reading
Woodstock’s Francis X. Sanchez has been sentenced to 11 and a third years in Rockford Federal Court fraudulently obtaining $7 million from investors in his InvestForClosures business. Sanchez admitted wrong-doing, which can be read in the press release from the … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: OWNER AND FOUR EMPLOYEES OF CRYSTAL LAKE BUSINESSES CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING UNITED STATES, U.S. MILITARY VETERANS, AND SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES ROCKFORD — the owner of certain Crystal Lake, Ill. … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: HUNTLEY MAN SENTENCED TO 45 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING HIS FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OUT OF MORE THAN $1,000,000 Rockford — A Huntley, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court to … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: McHENRY COUNTY BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $7 MILLION FRAUD ROCKFORD — A Woodstock, Ill., man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Rockford to conducting a $7 million mail fraud scheme. Francis … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: HOME HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND KICKBACK SCHEME ROCKFORD — An Elmhurst, Ill., woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Rockford to healthcare fraud and … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: HUNTLEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD Rockford — A Huntley, Ill. man pleaded guilty today in Federal Court to wire fraud. The defendant, Frank L. Beaudette, 60, admitted that from 1995 to … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: CRYSTAL LAKE WOMAN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR THE ROBBERY OF CHASE BANK IN CARY, ILLINOIS ROCKFORD – PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern District of … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FORMER MARENGO CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON ON FEDERAL FRAUD AND TAX CHARGES ROCKFORD – PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; ALVIN PATTON, Special … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FORMER MARENGO RESIDENT CHARGED WITH FEDERAL TAX FRAUD ROCKFORD — PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and ALVIN PATTON, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office … Continue reading
The following press release details how a Mexican criminal was sent back to his homeland, but returned. Now he is going to Federal prison. The interesting part of the release to me is the reference to his having been found … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FOURTEEN AREA DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN EIGHT SEPARATE FEDERAL HEALTH CARE FRAUD CASES CHICAGO – One Chicago area physician, two chiropractors, three nurses, a pharmacist, and several home health industry administrators and recruiters … Continue reading
A year ago in June, Crystal Lake resident Silk Pauline Lumpkins was arrested in Fox River Grove. On May 26, 2010, she had robbed the Chase Bank on Route 14 in Cary, Illinois. She plead guilty in Rockford Federal Court … Continue reading
The Ponzi schemes being uncovered by the U.S. government are getting closer to home. This case had assistance from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office and is based in Woodstock: TWO McHENRY COUNTY BUSINESSMEN INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR DEFRAUDING … Continue reading
