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The U.S. Attorney for the District of Northern Illinois has filed an eight-page criminal information document alleging a major sports memorabilia collector defrauded investors, customers and banks of more than $10 million. The wire fraud charges stem from an investigation by the Chicago FBI. The document claims, among other things, that the collector used a counterfeit Heisman Trophy to secure…
Largely considered to be a white collar crime, investment fraud can take a number of different forms. Among the most popular types of fraud that Illinois residents should be aware of is the Ponzi scheme. These schemes involve paying out returns to existing investors using capital invested by new participants in the plan. They are characterized by their larger than…
Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General released a report identifying the Chicago metropolitan area as a hot spot of home health care fraud. The report identified 37 home health care providers and 257 doctors in the area as having submitted Medicare claims with “characteristics similar to those observed in cases of fraud,” according…
Some people in Illinois may have followed some of the many financial scandals that have occurred in recent years. Those who have questions about why there were successful prosecutions in some cases and not in others might find the answers in the book “Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America’s Corporate Age.” The author, who formerly worked on the…