Nearly two dozen people charged in federal court in a macabre fraud scheme to supply phony information to first responders, funeral parlors and cemeteries about deceased individuals for insurance payments.
Nearly two dozen people have been charged in Chicago federal court with participating in a macabre, $26 million fraud scheme that supplied phony information to first responders, funeral parlors and cemeteries about recently deceased individuals to illegally collect life insurance payments.
Most of the defendants were arrested Thursday in Illinois and Florida and are making initial appearances in federal courts in Chicago, Orlando, Tampa, and Miami, according to prosecutors.The 34-page indictment also seeks forfeiture of at least $26 million in ill-gotten gains, as well as nine luxury automobiles including two Corvettes, a Mercedes, a Hummer H2 and a GMC Sierra Denali, eight Rolex watches, and properties in the Chicago suburbs of Orland Park, Bridgeview, and Burbank.
The defendants used a variety of means to falsify death certificates, including by lying about a deceased person to law enforcement, first responders, medical personnel, funeral home staff, and cemetery employees, the charges alleged.
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