Jake Griffin
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Vernon Hills lawyer charged with using clients' credit cardsSep 21, 2012 11:00 am - A Vernon Hills lawyer is facing federal fraud charges after being accused of making unauthorized cash advances and purchases on his bankruptcy clients' credit cards. Fed...
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Three suburban men charged after drug sweepSep 20, 2012 1:20 pm - Four suburban men are among 11 people charged with federal drug trafficking offenses after a months-long investigation staged by federal and local authorities. Alberto G...
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Libertyville man pleads guilty in trade secret theftSep 19, 2012 3:00 pm - A 49-year-old Libertyville man who worked as a senior software engineer at the Chicago-based CME Group has pleaded guilty to theft of trade secrets that would have helpe...
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Stipends for county officials cost state $3.4 millionSep 19, 2012 5:30 am - It’s hard to find anyone who supports a state program that pays some 500-plus county officials $6,500 stipends each year just for holding elected posts. Except those wh...
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Danger ever present, say ex-diplomats from suburbsSep 13, 2012 11:00 pm - It was months into his retirement before former U.S. Ambassador to Botswana John Kordek stopped taking the security precautions to get to and from his Arlington Heights ...
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Township assessors get $3,000 bonus for doing job rightSep 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Performance stipend costs taxpayers $650,000 a year
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South Barrington doctor sentenced in fraud caseSep 05, 2012 3:27 pm - A South Barrington surgeon was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare out of at least $10,000. A federal ju...
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Elgin roofing company president arrested after fleeingSep 04, 2012 1:20 pm - The president of an Elgin-based roofing company, wanted on federal fraud charges, has been caught after two weeks on the lam, prosecutors said. Authorities said Robert D...
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Itasca man facing federal fraud chargesAug 30, 2012 3:00 pm - A 51-year-old Itasca man was arrested Thursday on federal fraud charges alleging he bilked his employer out of nearly $1 million by paying an outside vendor for work tha...
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Elmhurst woman sentenced to 20 months in Medicare fraudAug 30, 2012 12:56 pm - A 45-year-old Elmhurst woman was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding Medicare and providing kickbacks to a Chicago doctor. Merig...