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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.

crime
  • by david hall
Sibling charged with fatally shooting two brothers, setting house on fire in Highland Park

Jeffrey Austwick, 54, is charged in the shooting deaths of Marc and John Austwick on Wednesday, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday.

crime
  • by david hall
Racketeering indictment filed in 2021 slaying of National Guard soldier

The investigation into the death of Chrys Carvajal led to last month's highly publicized FBI raid in Lincoln Square.

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…