Press Room - September 2009

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN CONTINUES CRACKDOWN ON DEBT SETTLEMENT INDUSTRY
Attorney General Files Lawsuit, Proposes Legislation to Prohibit Abusive Practices by Firms Promising to Reduce Credit Card Debt

MADIGAN: IROQUOIS COUNTY MAN SENTENCED ON THEFT AND GRAIN CODE VIOLATIONS
Prison Term to Run Concurrent to Federal Sentence

MADIGAN: IROQUOIS COUNTY CLERK GUILTY AS CHARGED
Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts on Theft, Forgery & Official Misconduct

FEDERAL, STATE PARTNERS CONVENE TO DISCUSS ONGOING ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS IN HOUSING MARKETS

MADIGAN CRACKS DOWN ON CHICAGO MORTGAGE AND HOME REPAIR FRAUD SCHEME
$1.3 Million Swindled from Elderly, African-American Homeowners in Subprime Loan Scam

MADIGAN: POLO MAN SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS FOR SELLING MORPHINE TO UNDERCOVER AGENT

ILLINOIS JOINS 49 STATES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN LANDMARK $2.3 BILLION AGREEMENT WITH PFIZER
Illinois to Receive $10 Million in Medicaid Fraud Case; $1 Million in Consumer Protection Settlement