A former CFO for Chicago's Loretto Hospital is being indicted again. He was in court to face charges tied to a fraud scheme. He is now also being indicted in a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme worth tens of millions of dollars.
The former chief financial officer of Loretto Hospital is one of three people charged in a $15 million embezzlement scheme.
Dmitry Firtash and his top managers are said to have siphoned off money straight from the public customers of Ukraine's natural gas distribution system.
The three victims were kidnapped then "beaten repeatedly, burned with a hot metal object and restrained throughout the evening," police said.
A Lake County judge sentenced the widow of a disgraced Fox Lake police lieutenant to 24 months of probation Tuesday.
Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton has resigned from his seat and he reportedly intends to plead guilty to federal embezzlement charges.