Category: Illinois – Southern District
Freeburg Couple Sentenced for Defrauding Elderly Family Member | USAO-SDIL
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Ronald Speiser, 81, and Jean Speiser, 81, of Freeburg, Illinois, will spend their next year in home confinement making restitution payments after defrauding an elderly family…
Saint Louis Man Sentenced for Drug and Gun Offenses | USAO-SDIL
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Lamondra Beckley, 43, of Saint Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 147 months in prison on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, in federal court in East St. Louis,…
Second Metro East Man Pleads Guilty in Bank Fraud Scam | USAO-SDIL
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Aijeigh McShan, 20, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, pled guilty today to conspiracy and bank fraud charges in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois. McShan is…
Former Massac County Official Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Mail Fraud | USAO-SDIL
BENTON, Ill. – Christopher Thompson, 30, of Kevil, Kentucky, pleaded guilty today to one count of Wire Fraud and seven counts of Mail Fraud for engaging in a scheme to defraud…
Vandalia Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography | USAO-SDIL
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Bradley L. Matthews, 39, of Vandalia, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty to distribution of child pornography on November 2, 2021, in federal court in East…
U.S. SETTLES DISPUTE WITH LESSIE BATES DAVIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OVER ITS AMERICORPS PROGRAM | USAO-SDIL
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – Non-profit Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House (“LBDNH”) has agreed to pay the United States $100,000 and enter into a compliance agreement to resolve a civil False Claims Act…
EAST ALTON WOMAN SENTENCED TO 14 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR STEALING DISABLED DAUGHTER’S SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS | USAO-SDIL
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – An East Alton, Illinois, woman was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for stealing her disabled daughter’s Social Security funds. The sentencing hearing was…
O’FALLON, IL BOOKKEEPER SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING CLIENT OUT OF MORE THAN $1,000,000 | USAO-SDIL
O’Fallon, Ill. – An O’Fallon, Illinois, bookkeeper was sentenced to 4 years in prison for defrauding one of her clients out of more than $1,000,000. The sentencing hearing was conducted on…
Jury Convicts Missouri Man for using Online Dating App to Lure a Teen Girl to have Sex and Produce Child Pornography | USAO-SDIL
BENTON, Ill. – A Jefferson County, Missouri man is facing at least 15 years in prison after afederal jury found him guilty Monday of arranging to have sexual activity with…
Belleville Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Drugs from Elderly Patients | USAO-SDIL
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A Belleville nurse, Angela Mohler, 40, pled guilty to five counts of obtaining drugs by fraud on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. According to court documents, Mohler…
