A Chicago lab owner has pleaded guilty to conspiring with a former Loretto Hospital executive in a COVID-19 testing scheme.
Dmitry Firtash and his top managers are said to have siphoned off money straight from the public customers of Ukraine's natural gas distribution system.
The three victims were kidnapped then "beaten repeatedly, burned with a hot metal object and restrained throughout the evening," police said.
A Lake County judge sentenced the widow of a disgraced Fox Lake police lieutenant to 24 months of probation Tuesday.
Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton has resigned from his seat and he reportedly intends to plead guilty to federal embezzlement charges.
Melodie Gliniewicz, the widow of a disgraced police lieutenant from north suburban Fox Lake, pleaded guilty in court Friday to one count of deceptive practices, a class 4 felony.