Former tribal officer sentenced in child exploitation case
A former Menominee tribal police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to sexually exploit a child.
US attorney collects $3.7 million in 2014 cases
The U.S. attorney's office in Madison says it collected about $3.7 million in criminal and civil actions during the 2014 federal fiscal year.
Finn never forgets the victims
Early in her law career, Laura Przybylinski Finn was involved in prosecuting Steven Oliver for kidnapping and transporting a 13-year-old girl over state lines for illegal sexual purposes.
Banker from Mosinee charged in federal court
A former banking executive from Mosinee is facing federal charges.
US attorney’s office collects $4 million in FY 12
The U.S. attorney in Madison says his office has collected nearly $4 million in criminal and civil actions over the last fiscal year.
Pay phone owner pleads guilty to $4M in robocalls (UPDATE)
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) – A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to rigging pay phones he owned to robotically call toll-free numbers repeatedly so he could collect the 50-cent fee owed for each call, illegally racking up $4 million. Nicolaos Kantartzis acknowledged using more than 100 pay phones he controlled in the […]
Whistleblower lawsuit accuses 3 drugmakers
By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Three generic drugmakers are being accused in a whistleblower lawsuit of scheming to overcharge the government by tens of millions of dollars for medicines. The U.S. Attorney’s office on Tuesday joined in the lawsuit, brought by Chicago pharmacist Bernard Lisitza. His attorneys alleged in […]
Feds: Prison chaplain passed messages for mobster (UPDATE)
CHICAGO (AP) — A prison chaplain has been charged in an alleged scheme to help imprisoned Chicago mobster Frank Calabrese, who is serving a life sentence for 13 murders, recover a valuable violin reportedly hidden in a Wisconsin house to keep the government from selling it, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Catholic priest Eugene Klein, 62, […]
2 men indicted in pay phone scheme
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted two Wisconsin men in a pay phone scheme that prosecutors say netted the defendants more than $1 million. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 48-year-old Colin Nordstrom, of Coon Valley, and 53-year-old Jeff Frost, of Brookfield, programmed pay phones they owned to automatically dial toll-free numbers […]
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