City: Chicago

  • Two Illinois businessmen, Charged with $7.8M Covid-relief fraud, Ch…

    Two Illinois businessmen, Charged with $7.8M Covid-relief fraud, Ch…

    Two Illinois businessmen indicted for $7.8M Covid-relief fraud. Accused of submitting fraudulent loan applications under the CARES Act. Possible 20-year prison sentence if convicted. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/two-illinois-businessmen-charged-78-million-covid-relief-fraud

  • DeAndre Johnson, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Chicago IL, 2023

    DeAndre Johnson, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Chicago IL, 2023

    Chicago street dealer DeAndre Johnson, 42, will spend the next six years in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to trafficking methamphetamine into Northwest Indiana. Judge Gretchen S. Lund handed down the 72-month sentence yesterday, a clear signal from the courts that moving poison across state lines won’t be tolerated. The case highlights a persistent…