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The former Loretto Hospital executive charged with stealing millions from the safety-net hospital also used fake COVID-19 testing companies to steal about $300 million from the government, prosecutors alleged in a newly unsealed indictment.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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It boggles the mind that someone can steal that much money. What’s his immigration status?
$300 million is high enough he can brag about it. Like Bernie Madoff if the number is large enough you can brag about it.
Unconscionable that these apparent Pakistani nationals could defraud taxpayers on so many levels. Kudos to the journalists and Feds that eventually proffered charges, but hazard to guess how many millions or billions still missed?