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Federal Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Wednesday September 11, 2024 ( 3 items )  

CDC Warns of Recalled Eggs Sold in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release: A CDC Food Safety Alert regarding an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to eggs has been posted: https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/eggs-09-24/index.html Key Points: * 65 people from 9 states have gotten sick from the same strain of Salmonella. The 9 states include the 3 states where the eggs were sold - Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin - i  more

Mich. U.S. Attorney: Interstate Drug-Trafficker Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison
MARQUETTE, Michigan, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Bradley Scott Heard, 46, of Havre, Montana, and Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker to 180 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Heard's co-defendant,   more

SEC Charges John Deere With FCPA Violations for Subsidiary's Role in Thai Bribery Scheme
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Deere & Company, which does business as John Deere, agreed to pay nearly $10 million to resolve SEC charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of bribes paid by its wholly owned subsidiary, Wirtgen Thailand. The company is an Illinois-based global manufacturer of agricultural machinery a  more