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Sameer Suhail, the former Chicago medical supply company owner who fled to Dubai shortly before being indicted in a massive scheme to defraud Loretto Hospital, walks outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago after getting released April 22, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

After report of partying in Dubai with Texas Senate candidate, accused Loretto Hospital fraudsters plead not guilty

October 13, 2026 at 4:36 p.m.

A day after a national news report linked them to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a former executive at Chicago's Loretto Hospital and one of his top medical suppliers were...

The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago is shown Feb. 12, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Former IDES contractor charged in $4.6 million COVID unemployment fraud scheme

October 9, 2026 at 4:51 p.m.

Andrea Wellington, 35, was charged in an indictment made public in U.S. District Court on Friday with 21 counts of wire fraud.

"Broadview Six" defendants Katherine Abughazaleh, clockwise from upper left, Andre Martin, Michael Rabbitt, Joselyn Walsh, Brian Straw and Catherine Sharp. (baiduhai)

‘Broadview Six’ judge requests US attorney’s office communications, including Boutros email

October 9, 2026 at 3:32 p.m.

The federal judge considering potential sanctions in the controversial "Broadview Six" made her first formal discovery requests to the U.S. attorney's office on Friday.

Crypto coin founder charged in Chicago with scamming investors in ‘rug pull’ scheme

October 7, 2026 at 4:19 p.m.

A founder of the cryptocurrency Kishu Inu has been indicted in Chicago on federal charges alleging he and his associates bilked investors of nearly $10 million through a "rug pull"...

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after sentencing on April 27, 2016. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Dennis Hastert, the disgraced former US House speaker who went to prison, dies at 84

October 6, 2026 at 6:51 a.m.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush money case tied to sexual abuse, has died. He was 84.

Marimar Martinez, center, listens while her attorney Chris Parente, left, speaks, Oct. 5, 2026, at his Chicago office about filing of a federal lawsuit over her shooting by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Lawyers for Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent call for criminal charges

October 5, 2026 at 2:47 p.m.

Attorneys for Marimar Martinez, shot by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last October, called on authorities to file criminal charges against the agent involved Monday.

Marimar Martínez shows a scar on her arm from a bullet wound as she describes the day she got shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during an Illinois Accountability Commission hearing at the Michael A. Bilandic Building in the Loop on April 28, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Marimar Martinez to file federal lawsuit over shooting by Border Patrol agent

October 2, 2026 at 5:40 p.m.

Lawyers for Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz, said Friday they're filing a federal lawsuit next week that includes...

Judge to begin inquiry that could lead to criminal contempt charges in ‘Broadview Six’ case

October 1, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

A federal judge on Thursday said she'd initiate a "fact finding" process to determine whether potential criminal contempt charges are warranted against prosecutors in the "Broadview Six" case.

‘Goonie’ gang leader gets life in federal prison for spate of murders, shootings that terrorized Englewood

September 29, 2026 at 5:06 p.m.

On Tuesday, more than three years after he was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, Romeo Blackman stood in a federal courtroom to hear a sentence he already knew was coming: life...

Pigeons fly past garbage sitting outside of an apartment building in the 5500 block of West Melrose Street in Chicago on Feb. 1, 2023. The body of Regina Michalski was found in a freezer on the property Jan. 30, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Chicago woman who hid mom’s body in garage freezer charged with Social Security fraud

September 29, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

A Chicago woman who left her dead mother’s body in a freezer has been charged with using her mom's stolen identity to collect tens of thousands of dollars in Social...

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