fraud

An Illinois woman is suing Junior Mints for fraud.

The #1 scam reported to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is online purchases. Of these reports, online pet fraud ranked number one.

For those with a keen interest in not getting taken in a scam, Rockford's Better Business Bureau is loaded with great information.

As if the quarterback history of the Chicago Bears isn't bad enough, a former starter is going to be spending some time in prison.

A Rockford man is facing several counts of federal mail fraud.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois Department of Public Health aide has been sentenced to eight years in prison for her part in a kickback scheme that defrauded the state of millions of dollars. Quinshaunta Golden pleaded guilty in April 2014 to bribery, theft and obstruction of justice in the kickback scheme...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted two Illinois residents in a $4.5 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved billing the government for services to people who were dead. Two employees of Medicall Physicians Group in Schaumburg were each found guilty last week of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and related charges...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Republicans are mounting what they say is an unprecedented and costly campaign to purge ineligible people from voter lists and recruit their own election judges before November. It's a sign of how close the contest is expected to be for control of President Barack Obama's home state...

As the school year starts the fraudsters are busy. Now the Better Business Bureau is alerting school districts across northern Illinois about a school supply billing scam. Officials say complaints are being filed against a Las Vegas, NV business called Scholastic School Supply...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $25,000 from Toys for Tots. Fifty-five-year-old Carol Lisciandrello was a volunteer with the charity, which provides gifts for children during the holiday season...