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| *Illinois Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2024-12-20 ( 6 items ) |
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FTC, Illinois Take Action Against Leader Automotive Group for Overcharging and Deceiving Consumers Through Add-Ons, Junk Fees, Bogus Reviews (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
A group of 10 car dealerships doing business as Leader Automotive Group and their parent company, AutoCanada, will be required to pay $20 million to settle allegations they systematically defrauded consumers looking to buy vehicles as a result of a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission and state of Illinois.
In addition to paying $20 million, which will be used to refund harmed consumers, the proposed sett more PR
Ill. U.S. Attorney: Chicago Attorney Indicted on Immigration Fraud Charges (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release:
A Chicago attorney has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly providing false and fraudulent information to U.S. authorities to obtain immigration benefits for his foreign national clients.
GERARDO DEAN owned a law office in Chicago and represented a company that operated skilled-nursing facilities. An indictment returned in U.S. District Court in more PR
Ill. U.S. Attorney: Former Head of Suburban Chicago Public Library Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Embezzling More Than $770,000 (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release:
The former director of the Markham, Ill. Public Library has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $770,000 from the library over a decade.
From 2009 to 2019, XAVIER MENZIES misappropriated approximately $770,715 from the library. Much of the money was initially received by the Markham library from the public library district in more PR
INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $4.2 Million in Education and Job Training Programs to Support the Transportation Workforce (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release:
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $4.2 million in grants under the Highway Construction Training Program for 16 programs to recruit, train, and place highway construction jobs. Funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Highway Construction Training Program fills critical shortages in highway constr more PR
Texas U.S. Attorney: Meth Trafficker Imprisoned for Importing 50 Kilograms of Meth Into the United States (10)
MCALLEN, Texas, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release:
A 42-year-old Illinois resident has been sentenced for importing meth, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Cruz Vargas, Jr. pleaded guilty on March 4, 2023.
Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane has now ordered Vargas to serve 120 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.
On July 24, 2022, Vargas tried to enter more PR
U.S. Attorney for D.C.: AAR CORP to Pay Over $55M to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release:
AAR CORP. (AAR), a publicly-traded aviation services company headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois, will pay over $55 million to resolve investigations by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising from AAR's participation in corrupt schemes to pay bribes to government officials in Nepal more PR
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