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the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Morton Grove man claimed to ship COVID-19 test kits to Medicare participants, but FBI says they were dead

Syed Shaukat Ahmed’s companies were paid more than $30 million by the federal government to provide free COVID-19 test kits to Medicare recipients. He has been charged with health care fraud.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Chicago’s homeless population increased threefold, a city snapshot shows, owing largely to migrants

The city’s annual point-in-time count showed nearly 19,000 people were unhoused on a single night in January.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
PPP fraud was fueled in part by brokers taking kickbacks but escaping punishment, Sun-Times finds

In one case, the CHA revoked a rent voucher for a woman accused of getting fraudulent loans through the Paycheck Protection Program that a broker on Facebook offered to arrange. And six fired Illinois state workers also said they kicked back some of their loans. But the people arranging them…

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Mayor’s pricey hair and makeup: In one year, Brandon Johnson's campaign has spent $30K on grooming

Johnson is “mayor 24-7," a spokesman says. "Appearances matter.” Most of his spending went to a South Side makeup artist, and a West Side barbershop was paid $4,000.