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One of Scott Goodman's companies, which for years leased space in the West Loop building that houses the transit agency's nerve center, also is being hit with $11 million in fines for the late payments. Goodman has previously been late in making rent, as the Sun-Times detailed in 2024. Nonetheless,…
Angelo Martino negotiated for companies hit by ransomware attacks as an employee of Chicago-based DigitalMint. But prosecutors say he actually helped carry out the hacks at the center of those same ransom schemes.
Former gun store owner Jeff Regnier and wife Greta Keranen say prosecutors abused their power when they used Illinois’s civil asset forfeiture laws to try to take ownership of their property even though they weren’t convicted of crimes. A judge called the tactics “authoritarian,” but prosecutors…
Some want Illinois' civil asset forfeiture system abolished. A retired police chief says it’s “one of the few tools that weakens criminal networks financially.” The Chicago Sun-Times went to Courtroom 1707 to see the system in action.