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 man has been sentenced to over fourteen years in prison for an armed carjacking outside a Chicago home last November. Authorities say Damarr Conner attacked residents before stealing two vehicles over several weeks, with one accomplice still awaiting sentencing.
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A Chicago man faces charges after allegedly threatening violence against Secret Service personnel online following an agent visit regarding previous threats targeting former President Trump’s family members.
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A suburban Chicago man faces federal robbery charges after allegedly assaulting an undercover FBI officer during a drug sting last week near Ford Heights. Authorities say both suspects attempted escape but were quickly apprehended.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison after admitting guilt for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine while illegally possessing multiple firearms at his home. Law enforcement officials emphasize the dangers these crimes pose to communities.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to over four years in prison after pleading guilty to a scheme that defrauded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program out of more than $1.5 million. Authorities say he obtained access to over 1,200 EBT cards and resold goods purchased with them.
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A California attorney has pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to criminal contempt for failing to comply with a court order regarding the distribution of settlement funds to relatives of victims killed in the Lion Air Flight 610 crash.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to four years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the federal Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
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A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted Jesus Omar Ibarra Felix, an alleged leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, on charges related to drugs, firearms, and providing material support to terrorism.
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A Rockford resident, Stephen Canfield, has been sentenced to six years and three months in federal prison after being convicted of possessing child pornography.
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A federal jury in Chicago has found Kennard Cameron guilty of sex trafficking a minor after he recruited and enticed a 15-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex acts at a motel in Lansing, Illinois, during 2023.
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A former treasurer of a booster club in Rockford, Illinois, has admitted to embezzling more than $34,000 from the organization.
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Two Chicago residents have been arrested following an undercover federal firearm investigation in the suburbs of Chicago, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.
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A Chicago-area man has been sentenced to 37 years in federal prison after admitting to sexually exploiting nearly 100 children online.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for robbing a United States Postal Service letter carrier in the city’s Logan Square neighborhood.
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Two foreign nationals have been indicted in Chicago for their alleged roles in a $10 million health care fraud scheme.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for sex trafficking five young victims, including a 15-year-old girl, and kidnapping two of them.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Jaydine Brown, a tax preparer from Chicago Heights, Illinois, for allegedly preparing over 25 fraudulent tax returns through her business, Hall Tax & Services Corp. in Flossmoor.
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A former paralegal for a public company in the Chicago area has been sentenced in federal court after admitting to embezzling nearly $100,000 from her employer.
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A man from suburban Chicago has been sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for conspiring with his sister to illegally purchase firearms.
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A Virginia resident has pleaded guilty in Chicago to a federal drug conspiracy charge for his role in creating and running Empire Market, a major dark web marketplace that operated from 2018 to 2020.