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Federal Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Tuesday September 24, 2024 ( 2 items )  

CFTC Orders Illinois Futures Commission Merchant to Pay More Than $980,000 for Supervision Failures
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against , a registered Futures Commission Merchant that operates out of Deer Park, Illinois. The CFTC order finds NTC failed to have adequate policies and procedures governing the emergency handling of accounts and did not exercise sufficient oversight over its employees' handling of accounts  more

U.S. Attorney for D.C.: Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Destruction of Property During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to felony destruction of property during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Justin LaGesse, 37, of McLeansboro, Illinois, pleaded gu  more