fraud

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted two Illinois residents in a $4.5 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved billing the government for services to people who were dead.
Two employees of Medicall Physicians Group in Schaumburg were each found guilty last week of one count of conspir…

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Republicans are mounting what they say is an unprecedented and costly campaign to purge ineligible people from voter lists and recruit their own election judges before November.
It's a sign of how close the contest is expected to be for control of President Barack O…

As the school year starts the fraudsters are busy. Now the Better Business Bureau is alerting school districts across northern Illinois about a school supply billing scam.
Officials say complaints are being filed against a Las Vegas, NV business called Scholastic School Supply...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $25,000 from Toys for Tots.
Fifty-five-year-old Carol Lisciandrello was a volunteer with the charity, which provides gifts for children during the holiday season...