Page 5 - Robert Gettleman News Today

A convicted robber from Chicago's suburbs used his girlfriend to buy Glock pistols for him in Wisconsin, telling gun dealers he was a cop, the feds say.

Rudy Acosta Jr. cooperated with the government against corrupt Chicago politicians. His son, Rudy Acosta III, worked with the feds targeting drug traffickers.

Olalekan Ponle, better known as Woodberry, has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge at a United States district court...

Woodberry is an ally of another Nigerian international fraudster, Ramon Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, jailed 11 years by another US court last year

Sham diet book author Kevin Trudeau won’t face jail for now, but U.S. authorities demand that he start paying down a $37 million fine.

The ex-wife of TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau told a Chicago federal judge Thursday she’s “scared” for her life now that he’s turned against her.

After receiving my filing receipt, I held back tears. I felt proud to be in the company of people who had the courage to take on this monumental task.

Chicago police officers packed a federal courtroom Wednesday as the Indiana man who admitted to straw-purchasing the handgun later used to kill Officer Ella French was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Prosecutors earlier this month asked U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman to give the maximum five-year prison sentence to Jamel Danzy of Indiana, the only...

Jamel Danzy of Indiana is the only person convicted so far in connection with French’s death.