northern district of illinois

Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain had asked U.S. District Court Judge John Robert Blakey to stay proceedings in the case or reschedule the trial date to the fall of 2024... #madigan

After the benefits were approved, Carlberg misrepresented the nature of his work at the salon and lied about the income he received from it. #disabilityfraud

The gang operated primarily in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, where members maintained “trap houses” to store firearms and illegal narcotics, including cocaine and heroin. #chicago #murder

Chacon was among four defendants indicted in Chicago in 2007.  The indictment accused the defendants of participating in a drug trafficking organization that transported heroin to Chicago from New York, Florida, and Texas.  After the drugs were sold in the Chicago area, Chacon allegedly laundered the illicit proceeds through wire transfers to Colombia and other overseas locations.  He was charged with drug conspiracy and money laundering. #FederalCourt

The investigation of AT&T Illinois is being resolved with a deferred prosecution agreement under which the company admitted it arranged for payments to be made to an ally of Madigan to influence and reward Madigan’s efforts to assist AT&T Illinois with respect to legislation sought by the company. #FederalCourt

Feeney, 32, of Minooka, Ill., pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of illegal possession of an explosive during the commission of a felony. #FederalCourts

A jury earlier this year convicted FLOYD E. BROWN, 43, of Springfield, Ill., of second-degree murder of a federal officer, attempting to kill additional federal officers, assault of federal officers, and multiple firearm offenses. #FederalCourt

Unbeknownst to Zayed, the high-ranking Chicago gang member to whom he sold the guns was cooperating with law enforcement, the complaint states.

JOHN A. GREAGER II owned and operated Cancer Therapy Associates S.C., in Lombard, Ill.  From 2015 to 2021, Greager fraudulently obtained approximately $4.1 million from Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois by submitting fraudulent claims that falsely represented that certain health care services, including mole removal procedures, had been provided to patients, according to a criminal information filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

Ariana and Maya Valderrama, Judge Valderrama’s daughters, read the Commission and made the motion to administer the Oath of Office, and Chief Judge Pallmeyer administered the Oath. #illinoiscourts