Tag: Illinois

Richard D. Carter of Illinois has been ordered to pay over $2.6 million in restitution and penalties for his role in a $1.76 million commodity pool fraud, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on January 10, 2020. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a Consent Order for Permanent…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) officials have filed an amended complaint against Peter Miller, alleging a second scheme involving the use of confidential block trade information for illicit profit. The complaint, filed December 2, 2022, builds upon an original filing from December 10, 2021, accusing Miller and his firm, Omerta Capital LLC,…

CHICAGO, IL – September 3, 2024 – Sam Ikkurty of Oregon has been slapped with a massive $209,614,892 judgment following a ruling by Judge Mary Rowland of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought the case against Ikkurty and his associated companies – Jafia, LLC,…

CHICAGO – A suburban Chicago man is facing serious time after a federal jury found him guilty of threatening to kill multiple public officials, including former President Donald J. Trump. Trent Schneider, 58, of Winthrop Harbor, Ill., unleashed a venomous tirade online and in a courthouse, authorities say, and now faces a potential five-year federal…

CHICAGO – Michael Kovco, 29, of Chicago, is in federal custody after allegedly threatening to “shoot up” a United States Secret Service office and “hunt” a Secret Service agent, according to a criminal complaint unsealed today. The threats came after agents visited Kovco’s residence to investigate a previous threat directed at President Donald J. Trump…

A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to over four years in federal prison for illegally possessing two firearms and injuring a law enforcement agent during an arrest attempt. Andrew Vesely, 25, of Posen, Illinois, pleaded guilty in July 2025 to one count of forcibly resisting, impeding, and interfering with an Officer of the United…

Jacksonville Chiropractor Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud Sean Rondeau, a 56-year-old chiropractor in Jacksonville, Illinois, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding health insurance companies of more than a quarter million dollars. Rondeau was convicted of healthcare fraud, three counts of mail fraud,…