Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Nalini Ahluwalia was one of dozens of medical professionals charged this week as part of a nationwide crackdown on health care fraud.
A Burr Ridge doctor has been charged in a federal investigation into practitioners who allegedly defrauded Medicare and private insurance providers. Nalini Ahluwalia, 58, was charged Tuesday with one count of health care fraud for violating Medicare's anti-kickback statute in August 2012, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois. She is accused of referring two patients to a home health care agency in exchange for $1,000. Ahluwalia is among dozens of defendants charged in a nationwide crackdown through the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Services, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. According to the complaint against Ahluwalia, an informant who worked at the home health care …
Friday, March 1, 2013
Clarendon Hills police reports, Feb. 21-27.
SUNDAY, FEB. 24 Raul Peres, 30, of the 300 block of Burlington Avenue, Downers Grove, was charged with driving without a valid license, police said, after a 12:12 a.m. traffic stop near the intersection of Ogden Avenue and Monroe Street. He was released to appear in court. THURSDAY, FEB. 21 A resident from the 0-100 block of Tuttle Avenue told police at 3:21 p.m. that his or her credit card was fraudulently used to purchase two plane tickets worth $1,090.67 some time on Feb. 18 or Feb. 19. Police said the resident discovered the purchase when the credit card was declined, and was filing a police report in order to recover the lost money. Someone stole five containers of baby formula worth $152.83 from Jewel-Osco at 3:42 p.m., police said. …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Officials from two Hinsdale banks told police that skimming devices that record customer information including PIN numbers were likely placed on their ATMs in recent weeks.
Unknown offenders seeking card information of ATM users appear to have successfully tampered with ATMs at two Hinsdale banks, according to the Hinsdale Police Department. Northern Trust, 4 N. Washington St., and Hinsdale Bank & Trust, 25 E. 1st St., reported on Jan. 28 and Feb. 4, respectively, that a number of local customers have told bank officials that the customers’ ATM information had been used fraudulently to withdraw money at various Chicagoland banks. Officials at both banks told police they believe a “skimming device” that records card information of those used at the ATM, including PIN numbers, was placed on the banks’ machines. Northern Trust customers had fraudulent withdrawals take place between Jan. 1 and Jan. 28, police …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Clarendon Hills police reports, Jan. 24-30.
TUESDAY, JAN. 29 Sandra C. Andreen, 70, of the 500 block of 64th Street, Willowbrook, was charged with driving without a valid license during a traffic stop near the intersection of Ogden Avenue and Monroe Street at 11:35 a.m., police said. She was released to appear in court. MONDAY, JAN. 28 Arturo Pachero, 29, of the 1100 block of Evergreen Avenue, Glendale Heights, was charged with driving without a valid license and an equipment violation during a traffic stop in the 200 block of 55th Street at 7:12 p.m., police said. He was released to appear in court. THURSDAY, JAN. 24 Jorge Dominguez, 30, of the 2800 block of North Dawson Avenue, Chicago, was charged with driving with a suspended license and improper lane usage during a traffic stop…
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
It's the second time this month that an elderly Hinsdale resident was scammed by people posing over the phone as contest officials.
A 91-year-old Hinsdale resident was the victim of a phone scam that cost him $7,800 in the form of prepaid credit cards and money orders, police said, a total that could have been higher had a bank employee not identified the scam before more money was sent. The resident told police that during a two-week timeframe he was contacted several times over the phone by two unknown people, one male and one female, who told him he had won $150,000 and a new car. The pair told the resident that in order to recoup the prizes, police said, he had to send several large money orders and purchase numerous prepaid credit cards. Deputy Chief Mark Wodka said that sometime on or around Jan. 22, the resident purchased 11 pre-paid credit cards at Walgreen's …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The victim was told she had won $300,000 and that she needed to send money in order to claim the prize, police said.
An 82-year-old woman from the 700 block of Mills Street in Hinsdale lost $3,000 to a type of phone scam that Hinsdale Police Department Deputy Chief Mark Wodka says has become quite common. Police said the woman received a phone call at 9 a.m. on Jan. 4 from someone posing as a bank representative who told the woman she had won $300,000. To claim the prize, police said, the caller told the woman she had to send a $3,000 check to an out-of-state address. The woman sent the check, and then realized she had been scammed when she was told in another call that she needed to send even more money. She reported the incident to police on Jan. 8. “The manner in which this scam occurred is common,” said Wodka, noting that most victims in these cases …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Clarendon Hills police reports, Jan. 3-9.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9 Gerardo Rodriguez, 28, of the 6400 block of South Richmond Street, Chicago, was charged with driving without a valid license after a registration-check stop near the interesection of Ogden Avenue and Coe Road at 6:05 p.m., police said. He was released to appear in court. TUESDAY, JAN. 8 A complainant from the 300 block of Ridge Avenue reported at 5:40 p.m. two fraudulent online purchases made with her credit card information by someone in Florida, police said. The charges were for $75 and $273. MONDAY, JAN. 7 A resident from the 100 block of Burlington Avenue reported at 9:38 a.m. that someone damaged a plastic nativity set on Jan. 2 on the complainant's property, police said. Those pieces damaged included Mary, Joseph, …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hinsdale police reports, Dec. 11-18.
SUNDAY, DEC. 16 Someone took two knives, a pistol and $300 in coins from an unlocked car parked in a driveway in the 500 block of North Elm Street between 10:20 p.m. Saturday and 7:05 a.m. Sunday, police said. Ammunition and the case holding the pistol were also taken. The total value of the missing items is estimated at $560. A similar theft of a firearm from a car was reported this summer. “Anybody that owns or possesses firearms should take steps to make sure they are secure,” deputy chief Mark Wodka said. “In this case, the firearm was taken from a vehicle parked on the [owner’s] private property, but it was … easily accessible.” TUESDAY, DEC. 11 The village of Hinsdale reported to police that a $3,322.23 check given to the village by …
Monday, October 1, 2012
John Terzakis, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud clients of Vesta Strategies, was sentenced last week in federal court.
The following is a release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation: John Terzakis was sentenced on Sept. 27 in federal court to 84 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the clients of Vesta Strategies, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. He was also ordered to pay full restitution, in an amount to be determined by the court. Terzakis, formerly of Hinsdale, owned Vesta through Single Site Solutions Corp., a Willowbrook company that at one time managed land-development and commercial real estate projects in the Chicago area. Vesta was a qualified intermediary for the purpose of conducting tax-deferred real estate exchanges pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Code Section 1031 (26 U.S.C. § 1031). Vesta, previously based in …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Two cases of theft were also among the recent offenses in Clarendon Hills.
Sign up for Patch’s email newsletter and get all the top Hinsdale headlines in your inbox each morning. In-state warrant arrest—Steven M. Eck, of 500 W. Queen Creek Rd. in Chandler, Ariz., turned himself in to Clarendon Hills Police at 1:50 p.m. on April 5 after a warrant was issued for his arrest on a possession of a controlled substance charge out of Naperville. Eck, 47, posted bond and was released with a court date. Identity theft—A resident from the 400 block of Hudson Avenue reported to the Clarendon Hills Police Department on April 9 that their personal information was used by an unknown suspect to file a false tax return. The case is very similar to one that was reported recently in Hinsdale. While trying to file an actual return …
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