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AR-15 "Ghost Gun" in illegal sale in Deerfield (SOURCE: US Attorney's Office Northern District of Illinois)

Federal Jury Convicts Glenview Resident After Illegally Selling AR-15 “Ghost Gun” in Grocery Store Lot in Deerfield

Tue Feb 8, 2022 03:42 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a man on a firearm charge for illegally selling a “ghost gun” to a convicted felon in a Chicago suburb. The jury in U.S. District Court in Chicago […]

Tinley Park Dentist Charged With Orchestrating $1.2 Million Fraud Scheme; Dental Work Never Performed

Wed Jan 26, 2022 04:41 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A Tinley Park Chicago dentist fraudulently obtained $1.2 million in medical care loans for purported dental work that was never performed, according to a federal fraud charge. Michael D. Egan, 58, of Orland […]

Convicted Felon Admits Illegally Possessing Semi-Automatic Rifle at Veterans Affairs Hospital in Chicago

Tue Jan 25, 2022 05:46 pm Cardinal News

An armed man fired at the entrance of a Chicago veteran`s hospital Monday afternoon before stepping inside, where officials say he was quickly arrested before anyone was injured. YouTube Tips ⓘ CHICAGO — A convicted […]

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Berwyn Resident in Connection With Armed Robberies of Cell Phone Stores in Berwyn and Cicero

Fri Jan 21, 2022 02:09 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted a male resident of Berwyn for allegedly robbing cell phone stores in the Chicago suburbs of Berwyn and Cicero. Ocie Banks, Jr., brandished a firearm in three […]

Administrative Assistant at Orthopedics Practice in Westmont Sentenced to 1 Year in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Writing Opioid Prescriptions

Tue Jan 18, 2022 04:36 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — An administrative assistant at a suburban Chicago medical practice has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for fraudulently writing opioid prescriptions to an acquaintance. Amanda Biesiada worked as an administrative assistant […]

Woodstock Nurse Charged With Tampering With Liquid Morphine Prescribed to 2 Patients

Thu Jan 13, 2022 08:59 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A Woodstock, Illinois nurse, who was a registered professional nurse licensed in the State of Illinois, allegedly removed morphine from bottles prescribed to two patients and replaced it with another liquid, knowing the […]

Federal Indictment Charges Chicago Attorney With Insider Trading of Education Technology Company

Tue Jan 11, 2022 04:24 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A Chicago attorney used insider information obtained from a friend to purchase shares of an education-technology company before it publicly announced strong quarterly earnings, according to an indictment returned in federal court. The […]

Chicago Physician and Researcher Charged With Insider Trading Connected to Biotechnology Company in California

Mon Dec 20, 2021 01:31 pm Cardinal News

Accused of Knowing Breach of Fiduciary Duty CHICAGO — A Chicago physician used insider information to purchase shares of a California-based biotechnology company before it publicly announced positive results from a clinical trial of an […]

Naperville Resident Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Committing Violence While Sex Trafficking Multiple Women

Fri Dec 17, 2021 03:08 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for violently sex trafficking multiple women over the course of a decade. From 2007 to 2016, Benjamin Biancofiori used false […]

Rockford Resident Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Handgun

Tue Dec 14, 2021 04:16 pm Cardinal News

ROCKFORD — A Rockford man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun with an obliterated serial number. Dontrel U. Brown, age 24, illegally possessed the gun on […]

Chicago Consultant Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Evasion Charge

Tue Dec 14, 2021 03:13 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A Chicago consultant pleaded guilty today to a federal tax offense for willfully attempting to evade and defeat the assessment of income taxes. Edward Acevedo, 58, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to a tax […]

Dayna Chidester (Will County State's Attorney's Office).

Resident of Manhattan, Will County Convicted, Sentenced 5+ Years After Sexual Conduct With Underage Boy

Fri Dec 10, 2021 06:12 pm Cardinal News

A Will County woman has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for engaging in sexual conduct with an underage boy and directing him to send her sexually explicit images of himself. […]

Skokie Physician Charged With Unlawfully Using Veterinary Catheters During Intrauterine Inseminations on Patients

Wed Dec 8, 2021 07:47 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A Chicago-area physician unlawfully used veterinary catheters to perform intrauterine inseminations (IUI) on his patients, according to a federal criminal charge filed today. A criminal case filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago […]

Three Directors Charged in Federal Indictment Alleges Criminal Conspiracies at Failed Chicago Bank Washington Federal

Wed Dec 8, 2021 06:07 pm Cardinal News

Washington Federal Bank for Savings Closed in 2017 CHICAGO — An ongoing federal investigation into the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago has resulted in criminal charges against three former members of […]

No Photos sign at Thomson Penitentiary, street view image (Image capture December 2015 ©2021 Google)

Federal Indictment Charges Two Thomson Penitentiary Inmates With Murder and Hate Crime in Connection With Death of Fellow Inmate

Tue Dec 7, 2021 06:42 pm Cardinal News

ROCKFORD — Two inmates at Thomson Penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois, were indicted today, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 by a federal grand jury on murder and hate crime charges relating to the beating death of a […]

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