Tuesday, April 29, 2025

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  • by david hall
Lawyer was handcuffed to chair after Cook County judge ordered him removed from courtroom, sparking state inquiry

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans has referred misconduct accusations against Judge Kathy Flanagan to the Judicial Inquiry Board, which will decide whether to file charges. Flanagan is the acting presiding judge of the Law Division.

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  • by david hall
Feds investigating last year’s data breach affecting the Cook County hospital system

In a subpoena obtained by WBEZ, the feds wanted a list of county documents about a hack that potentially affected 1.2 million patients here.

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  • 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.

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  • 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…