Illinois

Muhammad Ateeq didn’t need to be in the United States to concoct and manage a lucrative scheme to rob from the United States Medicare program. He did it from the comfort of his office at Home Health Care Consulting in Islamabad, Pakistan, submitting, processing,...

The Social Security Death Index contains the records of over 83 million deaths that have been reported to the Social Security Administration. The intent of the list is for government agencies, financial institutions, and insurance companies to access the file to compare their records...

The Cook County Bureau of Vital Records first became suspicious of Katrina Pierce in October of 2019, when a staffer downloaded electronic applications for death certificates submitted by currency exchanges within one day. It turned out that Pierce had filed to obtain 37 death...

There is no manual written on what to do for economic security during a pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic was first recorded in the United States on January 13, 2020. On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States declared a nationwide emergency. Businesses...

Fraud is not new. The first registered case of fraud can be found in 3000 BC when Greek sea merchant Hegestratos took an insurance policy against his ship and cargo and purposely sunk it to collect off his loss. Let it be noted, that...

The Illinois State Attorney is crying fowl and accusing public school worker, Vera Liddell, of a $1.5 million embezzlement scheme. On January 31, 2023, Liddell, a food service director for Harvey school system near Chicago, was charged with stealing 11,000 cases of chicken wings using district...

Fraudsters are in business to make as much money as quickly as possible. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that they would submit claims to a government health care program undercharging for services. The owners of a non-emergency medical transport company went over and above...

One of the many responsibilities of being a parent includes being a protector. A lot of effort is put forth to warn children of strangers, but what happens when it’s the parent that is the problem? Melissa D. Wasylak, 49, of East Alton, Ill.,...

Katrina Pierce, a South Side Chicago woman, could very well fall into the “stealing as a full-time occupation” category. She has been charged for obtaining dozens of death certificates for young Chicago murder victims, posing as their relative. Pierce purportedly used the stolen identities...

No family is perfect. Families argue, they fight, they even stop talking to each other. Such as Sabrina Watson and her mom, Eva Bratcher. Watson knew something was the matter with her grandmother, Regina Michalski. For ten years, Bratcher had blocked Watson’s phone number...