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JOHNATHAN BYARS and his co-conspirators carried out six robberies and two attempted robberies of cell phone stores.

ADEL DAOUD attempted to detonate what he thought was a car bomb in the downtown Loop neighborhood of Chicago.

JUDY STRZELECKI and others allegedly fraudulently obtained at least $1.8 million from BCBS Illinois and other health care programs.

VIRGIL GIBSON allegedly brandished a firearm in the carjackings and forcibly took the vehicles from the drivers.

The defendants allegedly caused the hospital to pay more than $15 million into bank accounts that they controlled.

ERIC BROWN possessed the drugs and gun on Oct. 19, 2021, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.

“The disruption announced today is the result of a combined response with our international partners to a serious and unique threat,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual.

MONA GHOSH owned and operated Progressive Women’s Healthcare, S.C., a medical office in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

CALVIN CARTER sold the drugs on two occasions in the fall of 2019.

DONALD E. MUDD fraudulently inflated commissions and submitted false invoices for services that were never rendered.

EDWARD M. BURKE was sentenced today to two years in federal prison and fined $2 million.

A jury earlier this year convicted ANNAZETTE COLLINS on federal tax charges. 

The complaint alleges that Itasca failed to fulfill its accommodation obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act prior to denying a zoning request by Haymarket.

The settlement with KAREFIRST MANAGEMENT will resolve a lawsuit arising from the alleged submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. 

ROCKFORD — A former inmate of the United States Penitentiary in Thomson, Ill. was sentenced today to more than seven years in federal prison for assaulting a federal correctional officer.

CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago, Illinois, returned an indictment on February 15, charging the former Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of a Chicago area hospital with three counts of mail fraud and three counts of money laundering.

ROCKFORD — A Byron, Ill. man was sentenced today to fourteen years in federal prison for transportation of child pornography.

CHICAGO — A Chicago resident has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for setting fire to the Boost Mobile Store...

CHICAGO — A man who helped lead a multi-year fraud scheme carried out by individuals in the United States and Nigeria has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison. 

ROCKFORD — A Morrison, Ill. man pleaded guilty in federal court before U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston to embezzling from a labor organization.