Reports

WILLIAM FREDERICK REED allegedly fraudulently obtained Covid-relief loans and then concealed the proceeds in his bankruptcy case.

FEROZ JALAL participated in a scheme to defraud banks and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

FRANCESCO DISTEFANO and a co-defendant allegedly used fraud proceeds to purchase a Lamborghini Huracan, Maserati Ghibli, and Porsche 911.

ZISHAN ALVI caused claims to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Covid-19 tests that were not performed as billed.

An Illinois man pleaded guilty today for his role in a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme.

DENNIS W. HAGGERTY, JR. issued payments from the company’s bank account for services and goods that were never provided.

HADI ISBAIH owned Flash Tax Service Inc., a tax preparation business in Bridgeview, Ill.

JOSEPH J. CIPOLLA JR. was ordered to pay $2 million in restitution to the IRS, State of Illinois, U.S. Small Business Administration, and other entities and individuals.

“Our office is committed to rooting out abuse of the relief programs provided by the CARES Act," said Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual.

DANIEL M. ROSENBAUM owned Alexander & Rosenbaum Financial Group LLC, an insurance agency in Kenilworth, Ill.

QUAMDEEN AMUWO defrauded the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

DENNIS W. HAGGERTY, JR. issued fraudulent payments from his Willowbrook-Ill.-based company’s bank account.

ROBERT CARTER engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $1 million in unemployment insurance funds during the Covid-19 pandemic.

SHARHABEEL SHREITEH, an accountant in Palos Hills, Ill., and TRACY MITCHELL, the owner of a business in Joliet, Ill., allegedly engaged in fraud related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

OLIVIA L. BRYANT admitted in a plea agreement that in 2020 and 2021 she stole hundreds of pieces of mail from her route in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A federal grand jury has returned indictments against 19 United States Postal Service employees and former employees, charging them with fraud related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

The Justice Department announced today the results of a coordinated, nationwide enforcement action to combat COVID-19 fraud, which included 718 enforcement actions – including federal criminal charges against 371 defendants – for offenses related to over $836 million in alleged COVID-19 fraud.

PEORIA, Ill. – A Saint Augustine, Illinois man, Michael Lewis Patch, 66, of the 100 block of West Third Street, has been sentenced to 90 days in the Bureau of Prisons, five years of Supervised Release, and to pay more than $64,000 in restitution.

In 2020, QUAMDEEN AMUWO, 41, participated in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program.

KRIKOR TOPOUZIAN, owner of Concord Health Supply in Skokie, Ill., was convicted of violating the Defense Production Act.

A federal jury in Chicago convicted an Illinois pharmacist on Friday for stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccination cards.

A licensed pharmacist was arrested today in Chicago on charges related to his alleged sale of dozens of authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay.