A 55-year-old Bloomington man has been sentenced in federal court to 17 years in prison for attempted enticement of a person he believed was an 11-year-old girl, prosecutors said.
The top federal prosecutor in central Illinois, Gregory Harris, says his office is ready to bolster enforcement as part of a national environmental justice initiative.
The U.S. Attorney's Office, the Department of Justice, the Inspector General's Office of the Department of Health and Human Services and Illinois State Police Medicaid Fraud Control Unit were involved in the investigation. Attorney John Hoelzer and Department of Justice senior trial counsel Laurie Oberembt represented the government during the.