Chicago Man Sentenced in International Cyber Crime Scam Resulting in Over $9M...
(Source: FBI) – ATLANTA—Sonya Martin, 45, of Nigeria and Chicago, Illinois, a manager of a Chicago cell in one of the most sophisticated and organized computer hacking and ATM cashout … Read →
View ArticleActor Arrested in Alleged Extortion Scheme Involving Producer Harvey...
(Source: By John Keilman, Chicago Tribune (MCT) Vivek Shah took acting classes in Chicago, but from the start his mind was on the big time in Los Angeles. After a … Read →
View ArticleFHA Training Coming to Chicago, IL in Late September
(Source: HUD) – September 24 – 25, 2012- Chicago, IL. FHA Training/Update for Lenders and Appraisers. SAVE THE DATES! FHA training/update for lenders and appraisers is coming to downtown Chicago, …...
View ArticleBRIEF: Index Shows a Rise in Chicago Home Prices Rise for Fourth Month
(Source Mary Ellen Podmolik Chicago Tribune (MCT) — Homes prices in the Chicago area rose for the 4th consecutive month in June but remain below their year-ago level, according to … Read →
View ArticleWestern Illinois University Student Assaulted on Campus
(Source: By Chicago Tribune (MCT) Western Illinois University has issued a warning to students after a woman told police she was sexually assaulted outside the main administrative building on the … Read →
View ArticleMoney Troubles Not Over for Broadcast Museum
(Source: By Heather Gillers, Chicago Tribune (MCT) With the clock ticking on a mortgage payment, the Museum of Broadcast Communications is “aggressively pursuing all options to resolve our...
View ArticleFormer Chief Information Officer of Chicago Law Firm Arrested for $850K...
(Source: FBI) – CHICAGO—The former chief information officer of an international law firm based in Chicago was arrested today on federal charges for allegedly defrauding the firm of at least … Read →
View ArticleRetirement Dreams Deferred
(Source: By Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune (MCT) CHICAGO — A decade ago, Christopher Thornton, a high-level recruitment specialist, thought he would retire in 2012. He envisioned traveling,...
View ArticlePolice: Enraged Landlord Shoots, Kills Man Over Property Dispute
(Source Rosemary R. Sobol Chicago Tribune (MCT) — A landlord who became “very upset” toward a man about rental property and gunned him down in a hail of bullets at … Read →
View ArticleChicago-Area Home Sales Up 28.5% From Year Ago
(Source: By Mary Ellen Podmolik, Chicago Tribune (MCT) Home buyers continued to snap up properties in the Chicago area last month, taking advantage of low mortgage interest rates and low … Read →
View ArticleA Big Wheel in the Banking Community
(Source: By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune (MCT) Roberto Herencia occasionally rides to work on one of the four Harley-Davidson motorcycles he keeps in his “man cave,” a Glenview storage facility … Read →
View ArticleChicago Area Home Prices Rise 2.7% in July Case-Shiller
(Source: By Mary Ellen Podmolik, Chicago Tribune (MCT) Average home prices in the Chicago area in July rose 2.7 percent from June but remain slightly below year-ago levels, according to … Read →
View ArticleOwner of Supply Company and Her Husband Sentenced for Minority Contract Fraud...
(Source: FBI) - CHICAGO—The owner of a defunct Chicago company once certified as a minority- and woman-owned business and her husband were sentenced to federal prison terms today in connection … Read →
View ArticleHousing Comes Back; What’s Needed to Avoid the Next Bubble?
(Source Chicago Tribune (MCT) — The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, Sept. 26: ——— After sinking for six awful years, the U.S. housing market finally has … Read →
View ArticleWinning Investor in Chicago REO Pilot Initiative Announced by FHFA
(Source: FHFA) — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that The Cogsville Group, LLC has purchased 94 Fannie Mae properties in Chicago as part of a real estate … Read →
View ArticleAG Madigan Joins Wells Fargo in Supporting a Program for Chicago Housing
(Source: Wells Fargo) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) joined Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) in announcing CityLIFTSM , a program designed … Read →
View ArticleOver $231,000 Awarded in Grants to Aid in Affordable Housing
(Source: Chicago Community Trust) – The Chicago area’s largest regional grant maker, The Chicago Community Trust, today announced $231,000 in grants to advance affordable rental housing. As of the 2010...
View ArticleCollege Should Help You Change the World — and a Tire
( Source: John Keilman Chicago Tribune (MCT) — After six decades of teaching eggheads to float, the University of Chicago has thrown its swimming test overboard. As my Tribune colleague Ellen … Read →
View ArticleBlack Middle Class Economically Vulnerable
(Source: By Dawn Turner Trice Chicago Tribune (MCT) — Generations of Valerie Magee’s family, from her grandparents to her children, have deepened their roots in the black middle class, finding … Read →
View ArticleGail MarksJarvis: Settlements Spur Refunds for Credit-Card Holders
(Source: By Gail MarksJarvis Chicago Tribune (MCT) — If you have a credit card, watch closely. About 6 million credit card users are going to receive money back on their … Read →
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