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Crystal Lake man pleads guilty to stealing from McHenry veterans group as he awaits federal sentencing in $8 million Ponzi scheme

Alan J. Hanke, 60, of Crystal Lake. A Crystal Lake man, who prosecutors called a “serial fraudster,” has pleaded guilty to stealing from a veterans group in McHenry as he also awaits federal sentencing in an $8 million Ponzi scheme. Alan J. Hanke, 60, of Crystal Lake, was charged in McHenry County Circuit Court in September with theft by deception over $10,000, a Class 2 felony, and fraud by use of debit or credit card, a Class 4 felony. A crimi…
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Lake and McHenry County Scanner broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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