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 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.
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A man from Park Forest, Illinois, has been sentenced to 48 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography.
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A former police officer from the Phoenix, Illinois Police Department has been found guilty on federal corruption charges for his role in a scheme to steal cash and drugs during traffic stops.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for his involvement in two violent carjackings that took place on a single night in November 2022.
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A registered nurse has been charged in federal court in Chicago for allegedly distributing counterfeit Ozempic to three people in the city during 2023.
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A former operations manager at a suburban Chicago medical center has been indicted on charges related to an alleged fraud scheme totaling $900,000.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Hector Gomez, a Mexican citizen residing in Chicago, on charges of illegal firearm possession.
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A Chicago woman has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a hate crime for throwing an incendiary device onto her neighbors’ porch.
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A Rockford resident has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and shooting another individual in the Noble Square neighborhood.
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A Rockford man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for robbing a Chase Bank in the city.
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A federal jury in Chicago has found Jimil Parmar, a 33-year-old resident of Lawrenceville, Georgia, guilty of mailing a threatening letter to the Sant Nirankari Mission located in West Chicago.
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A Rockford resident, Timothy Gentry, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.