A Chicago man has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for arranging unpaid utility service at more than 2,000 properties through fake customer accounts.
David W. Brown, 56, pleaded guilty in July 2025 to a federal wire fraud charge, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.
U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt sentenced Brown on Tuesday and ordered him to pay about $8.5 million in restitution to Commonwealth Edison, Nicor Gas, and People’s Gas…