DID LAWYER CHEAT TO ASSIST CLIENT?
A federal grand jury is investigating whether a Chicago lawyer concocted a scheme to hide the income of a woman he termed penniless so she could get heftier support payments...
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COALITION SUES TO GET 2 REFERENDUMS ON BALLOT
The Coalition for Political Honesty and three Du Page County residents filed suit in federal court Monday against the county`s Board of Election Commissioners, challenging the board`s refusal to certify...
ILLINOIS INVESTORS LOSE BIG IN SCHEME
A former Du Page County man is under investigation by the FBI for his involvement in a $20 million real estate venture that may have bilked more than 1,400 investors,...
U.S. MOVES IN ON WOODLAWN HOUSING
The federal government, charging Leon Finney Jr. and The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) with ''gross mismanagement,'' is seeking to take possession of Woodlawn Gardens, a 504-unit private housing development that is...
PETITION FILES SEALED AS U.S. ENTERS PROBE
A Cook County grand jury has ordered the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to seal all records relating to petitions seeking a referendum on the question of a nonpartisan mayoral...
POLICE DECRY FINGERPRINT-CHECK RULING
A federal judge ruled unconstitutional Monday the Chicago Police Department`s policy of detaining criminal suspects charged with misdemeanor crimes while fingerprint checks are completed, a process that can take several...
KELLY WARD RECORDS ORDERED IN MOORING PROBE
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the records of the 47th Ward Regular Democratic Organization, chaired by former Chicago Park District Supt. Edmund Kelly, as part of an investigation into...
POSTAL INSPECTOR FACES EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES
A U.S. postal inspector has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of submitting thousands of dollars in claims that falsely alleged that he had dispensed money to...
MAN LINKED TO BLACK HEBREWS FACES CHARGES
A Dixmoor man linked to the Black Hebrew Israelite religious group has been taken into custody and sent to Michigan to face federal charges of enslavement after failing to appear...
WIEBOLDT`S OVERSTOCKED WITH SUITS
Wieboldt Stores Inc. continues to pile up lawsuits in its attempt to secure enough cash to keep its 13-store operation afloat, although sources inside the company say it is falling...