East Aurora school board member facing federal fraud charges
Board member Annette Johnson, who is the former board president, is facing three federal fraud counts involving mail and wire fraud.
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Board member Annette Johnson, who is the former board president, is facing three federal fraud counts involving mail and wire fraud.
A 93-year-old woman in western Japan outsmarted a suspected scammer by pretending to fall for the scheme and helping police arrest him at her home, an officer said.
Thousands of alleged victims paid $5,000 to $30,000 to participate in the scam to later apply for nonimmigrant U visas, prosecutors said.
A former state of Illinois subcontractor has been charged with orchestrating a fraud scheme to obtain $4.7 million in unemployment benefits for herself and hundreds of other people at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic by falsifying their pay records.
Indiana State Police said a woman is now facing 42 felony charges for creating fake expungement orders and stealing money from victims who thought they were clients at the law firm where she worked.
A Chicago woman who hid her mother's body in her freezer for two years is now facing additional federal charges of Social Security and SNAP fraud.
A U.S. enforcement push, dubbed "Heartland fraud surge," probed losses involving the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
A former executive for Loretto Hospital pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal fraud and money laundering charges, after he was extradited from Serbia.
A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a film producer on charges that he defrauded clients out of more than $100 million.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' bill to crack down on rogue tow truck companies and strengthen oversight has been sent to the desk of Gov. JB Pritzker.
A Chicago man with a fragrance YouTube channel is facing charges of mail fraud and theft for allegedly buying luxury perfumes online, swapping the bottles for modeling clay, then resealing and returning them for a refund.
Winston Batino faces charges of wire fraud and filing a false federal income tax return.
An Illinois investment advisor has been indicted by a grand jury on charges that he swindled his clients in a Ponzi scheme.
A Rockford man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after admitting to defrauding the federal government out of more than $85,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, and to engaging in tax fraud.
A Chicago-area man who ran a business helping people apply for asylum and immigrant visas was recently sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud and child pornography.
U.S. prosecutors allege a man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to scam a Mexican billionaire out of $450 million.
A former Chicago medical supply company owner has returned to the U.S. to face charges accusing him of taking part in a $15 million embezzlement scheme at Loretto Hospital.
The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies.
An Illinois judge has sentenced a Texas man to more than two decades in federal prison for orchestrating a $20 million cryptocurrency scam.
Prosecutors said that from 2018 to 2023, 45-year-old David Quinones gave cash or other items to SNAP recipients in exchange for access to their Link cards.
They said both of the washed checks were made out to the same name
The former Loretto Hospital executive accused of defrauding the federal government out of $290 million has been arrested in Serbia.
The former Loretto Hospital executive accused of defrauding the federal government out of $290 million has been arrested in Serbia.
Investors in a fraudulent clean energy scheme might be one step closer to getting their money back, after the partner of a Chicago area businessman pleaded guilty to federal charges.
