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Chicago Press Room

2008

Date	Subject	Related Documents
October 30	William F. Cellini, Sr., Indicted for Alleged Role in Defrauding Teachers Retirement System with Rezko, Levine and Others	Indictment
October 28	U.S. Attorney's Office to Conduct Election Day Monitoring Election Day Hotline: (312) 469-6157
October 22	Self-Proclaimed White-Supremacist William White Indicted for Allegedly Soliciting Violence Against Hale Jury Foreperson	Indictment Complaint
October 21	U.S. Indicts Former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge on Perjury, Obstruction of Justice Charges Related to Alleged Torture and Physical Abuse by Burge and Other Officers	Indictment
October 2	Lead Defendant in Aegis Company $60 Million Tax Fraud Conspiracy Sentenced to 18½ Years in Prison
September 25	U.S. Charges 15 Defendants in Separate Federal Cases Alleging Fraud in Federal Housing Programs
September 24	Many Allegedly High-Ranking Latin Kings Leaders in Little Village among 40 Facing State or Federal Charges	Complaints: Garcia and others Aviles Uriostegui and Cardell Lewis Uriostegui and Christopher Lewis
September 19	U.S. Charges 21 Defendants in Alleged Fraudulent Identification Document Ring Based in Chicago’s Little Village Community	Complaints: Estrada, et al. Solis
August 14	Amerigroup to End Appeal and Pay $225 Million to United States and Illinois to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Case	Settlement Agreement
August 11	Lawson Products to Pay $30 Million under Deferred Prosecution Agreement Involving Corrupt Sales Practices	United States v. Lawson Products, Inc. Deferred Prosecution Agreement Informations: Keogh Cannon Wittle
July 31	Two Area Men Charged with Conspiracy and Using a Pipe Bomb to Damage a Berwyn Coin Vending and Video Business in 2003	Indictment
July 17	Cook County Jail’s Inadequate Security, Health Care and Living Conditions Violate Inmates’ Constitutional Rights, Justice Department Investigation Finds	USDOJ Letter to Cook County Sheriff and Board President (4.2 MB )
July 17	Owner of Former Metal Finishing Business Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Environmental and Labor Embezzlement Crimes
June 27	Dr. Robert Weinstein Indicted for Alleged Role in Defrauding Medical School and Charity of Millions with Stuart Levine	Indictment
June 19	Sixty-Seven Defendants Charged in a Dozen Separate Chicago Area Mortgage Fraud Schemes	Indictments: Brown Jr, et al. (Chicago) Brown Jr, et al. (Nevada) Brunt, et al. Carroll, et al. Helton and White Hon Johnson, et al. Macklin Matthews Rodgers, et al. Sturdivant Trochowski and Sarwa
June 19	Former Suburban Gun Shop Operator Charged with Illegally Exporting Some 220 Firearms to Canada in 2006	Complaint
June 19	U.S. Seizes Animal Food at Petco Warehouse in Joliet after Alleging Rodent and Bird Infestation	Complaint
June 17	Michigan Man Indicted on Federal Murder Charge in March Beating Death of MCC Inmate	Indictment
June 4	Walgreens to Pay $35 Million to United States, 42 States and Puerto Rico to Settle Medicaid Prescription Drug Fraud Claims	Settlement Agreement Corporate Integrity Agreement
May 29	U.S. Charges Former Edgewater Hospital Owner Peter Rogan with Lying to Obstruct Government Efforts to Collect $64.2 Million Civil Health-Care Fraud Judgment; Defendant Detained in Canada	Complaint
May 27	Two Chicago Executives of German Food Firm Arrested on Federal Charges for Allegedly Conspiring to Import Honey from China Containing an Antibiotic	Complaint
May 27	Statement of U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald Regarding U.S. Supreme Court's Denial of Cert in Ryan and Warner Case
May 22	Developers, Contractors and Seven City Employees among 15 Charged in Federal Bribery Probe of City Building Permits	Complaints: Burns Cladovan Garneata, Curescu, Curescu, Scorte, Wellhausen, Fofiu and Olivella Mendenhall Muresan Piekarz And Milam Valentino Ziroli
May 21	U.S. Charges 28 Defendants in Alleged Crack Cocaine Conspiracy Involving Gangster Disciples Faction on City's South Side	Complaint Affidavit
May 19	Six Principals of Former Aegis Company Convicted of $60 Million Tax Fraud Conspiracy Following Three-month Federal Trial
May 9	Mexican Hotel Operator Charged in $500 Million Fraud Scheme for Allegedly Swindling Thousands of U.S. Investors in Sales of Promissory Notes and Time-Share Investments	Indictment
May 9	Secret Service Arrests Three Defendants in Alleged Home Equity Loan Mortgage Fraud Scheme	Complaint Affidavit
April 21	Elgin Engineering Firm and Its Owner Indicted for Allegedly Overcharging IDOT more than $1 Million During Nine-Year Span	Indictment
April 18	Forest Park Police Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Violation; Agrees to Resign and Serve a Year In Prison	Plea Agreement
April 14	Justice Department Awards More than $570,000 to Area Law Enforcement Agencies to Combat Gangs
April 3	Chicago Police Officer Indicted for Allegedly Violating Federal Civil Rights of Man Beaten while Handcuffed in Wheelchair	Indictment
April 2	Suburban Chicago Woman Indicted for Allegedly Stealing Employer's Trade Secrets Bound for China	Indictment
March 19	Seven Defendants Indicted for Alleged Roles in $5 Million International Fraud Schemes Selling Counterfeit Fine Art Prints	Indictment Superseding Indictment Fraudulent Art Complaint Referral Form
March 18	CVS Caremark Corp. to Pay $36.7 Million to United States, 23 States, and the District of Columbia to Settle Medicaid Prescription Drug Fraud Allegations	Settlement Agreement Corporate Integrity Agreement
March 14	Suburban Chicago Man and Former General Motors Executive Indicted in Alleged $80 Million Fraud and Kickback Scheme	Indictment
February 20	U.S. Attorney's Office Mourns Death of Valued Friend and Colleague
January 31	U.S. Attorney's Office to Conduct Election Day Monitoring Primary Election Day Hotline: (312) 469-6157

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