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Metro East Couple Charged with $2M Extortion & Fraud Scheme O’Fallon, Ill. – An O’Fallon, Illinois couple is facing a slew of federal charges tonight. Emmitt T. Tiner and Matissia S. Holt are named in a wide-ranging, 54-count indictment that accuses the pair of an elaborate extortion scheme,,,

Criminal Investigation and United States Attorney remind taxpayers of the tax filing deadline; urge and to remain vigilant of scams The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois remind taxpayers of the July 15 filing,,,

Alton Woman Sentenced for Cashing Dead Mother's Social Security Checks This morning, in federal court in East St. Louis, Mia Lynn Cousett, 33, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced to three years of probation for her conviction on twelve felony counts of theft of government funds. The funds stolen were,,,

Metro East Dentist Sentenced to Prison For Health Care Fraud A St. Louis-area dentist has been sentenced to prison for defrauding Illinois Medicaid out of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a period of several years. Dr. Yun Sup Kim, 49, of St. Louis, appeared this morning via videoconference at,,,

Carbondale Post Office Emplyee Indicted For Embezzling Mail On Tuesday of this week, a federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois returned an indictment charging Athens A. Shorey (also known as “Athens A. DeMartini”), 33, of Cobden, Illinois, with embezzling mail. Shorey worked as a,,,

Madison County Nurse Pactitioner Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud Jami L. Mayhew of Glen Carbon, Illinois, pleaded guilty today to a single-count felony information charging her with healthcare fraud. Facts elicited at the plea hearing established that, from May 30 to June 26, 2017, the 41-year old,,,

Postal Employee Charged With Stealing Mail A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned on indictment charging Brittany Freeman, 27, of Johnston City, Illinois (Williamson County), with four counts of theft of mail by a postal service employee. Freeman worked as a mail,,,