| Federal Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Thursday October 24, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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Ill. U.S. Attorney: ALDI Executive and Southern Illinois Contractor Sentenced for Rigging Construction Project Bids, Ordered to Pay More Than $2.8 Million
EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release:
A federal judge sentenced a former ALDI executive and a general contractor from Breese, Illinois, for rigging the bid system for construction projects of grocery stores throughout southern Illinois and Missouri. The two were ordered to repay ALDI more than $2.8 million in restitution as a result of the fraudulent bidding scheme.
Louis R. Ross, Sr., 64,
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Mo. U.S. Attorney: Former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Admits Misusing Public Funds
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release:
Former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner has admitted misusing public funds and entered a pretrial diversion program in U.S. District Court in St. Louis.
As part of the agreement, Gardner admitted directing her employees to issue a series of checks totaling $5,004.33 from the Contingent Fund Account in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office to re
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Mo. U.S. Attorney: Jury Convicts Mexican National of $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024:
A Mexican national who worked with a drug-trafficking organization tied to the Carteles Unidos cartel in Michoacan, Mexico, was convicted by a federal trial jury today of his role in a $4.7 million conspiracy to distribute more than 335 kilograms of methamphetamine and 22 kilograms of heroin in the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area and thro
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