U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois
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A Guatemalan national living in Illinois has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after being deported.
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A Chicago chiropractor has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for defrauding a private insurer out of almost $2.1 million by billing for services that were never provided.
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A federal jury in Chicago has found Robert Dunlap, 54, of Houston, Texas, guilty of two counts of mail fraud for orchestrating a cryptocurrency scheme that defrauded nearly 1,000 investors out of at least $14 million.
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A former administrative professional for a Chicago-based company has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud after admitting to embezzling more than $615,000 over an eight-year period.
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A Chicago man has been charged with a federal terrorism offense after allegedly setting a passenger on fire aboard a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train earlier this week, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
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A Cherry Valley, Illinois man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm.
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The founder of a Chicago-based cryptocurrency company has been indicted on charges related to an alleged $10 million money laundering conspiracy.
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A Rockford resident, Martel Williams, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.
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A man from Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill former President Donald J. Trump.
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A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted six individuals on charges of forcibly impeding and interfering with a federal agent during immigration enforcement operations in Broadview, Illinois, last month.
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An alleged leader of the Latin Kings street gang in Chicago has been charged with soliciting the murder of a senior law enforcement official involved in immigration enforcement operations.
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Two Chicago residents have been charged in federal court for allegedly using their vehicles to assault and impede federal agents.
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Three people have been charged in federal court in Chicago for allegedly using their vehicles to interfere with the work of federal agents.
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A Chicago Police officer has been indicted on federal firearm charges for allegedly conspiring to illegally purchase firearms for an acquaintance who then transported the weapons to Mexico.
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A Rockford resident, Wesley Smith, 37, has been sentenced to 77 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.
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A man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for robbing a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier at gunpoint in Chicago.
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A man has been sentenced to more than six and a half years in federal prison for his role in an ATM card-skimming operation that targeted machines in Chicago and New Jersey.
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A man has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for carjacking three vehicles at gunpoint and shooting one of the victims in Chicago.
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A Chicago resident has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in an immigration fraud scheme involving false employment verifications for foreign nationals.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Eddie Arguelles, 20, of Chicago, on a charge of illegally possessing a loaded machine gun in Riis Park, located in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.