Suburban Doctor Accused of $1.7 Million Medicare, Insurance Fraud

Cecilia Ibrahim, 50, of Frankfort ran Sunrise Medical Center, authorities said. She is charged with health care fraud, according to an indictment filed in U.S. District court.

Update 5:35 p.m., May 15 The U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago confirmed that the "Sunrise Medical Center" referenced in their indictment against Cecilia Ibrahim was listed with a Flossmoor address and has closed. Patch has found two addresses, one in Flossmoor and one in Frankfort, connected with Ibrahim's practice. Original Post A Frankfort woman who ran Sunrise Medical Center has been charged in a federal investigation into practitioners who allegedly defrauded Medicare and private insurance providers. Cecilia Ibrahim, 50, was charged Tuesday with one count of health care fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois. She is accused of scheming $1.7 million from Medicare and private insurance …

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Nick Swedberg

5:32 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

I updated the story. The U.S. Attorney's Office confirmed the Flossmoor address but said that location has closed.   more ›

Frankfort Police Board Wants Frightened Victim to Testify against Cop

Frankfort's Fire and Police Commission wants the alleged victim of Frankfort cop Donald Walsh to testify before a disciplinary hearing, reports the Sun-Times Media.

While the courts are pursuing the criminal case against Frankfort Police Officer Donald Walsh for alleged aggravated domestic battery and burglary charges, the official disciplinary action by the Frankfort Board of Fire and Police Commissioners is seeking testimony from the victim. That may be a violation of the victim's rights. Walsh, who is accused of beating his former girlfriend in July 2012, is facing a hearing of the Fire and Police Board. Village Attorney David Silverman is seeking testimony from the victim, who fears she could be at risk if she agrees to testify. The Will County prosecutor in the case, Dave Neal, told Will County Judge Bobbi Petrungaro "he believes the village’s desire to subpoena the woman violates her rights …

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Karma

10:00 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013

Thank you Ed.   more ›

Marijuana, Ecstasy Recovered During Traffic Stop: Blotter

Mokena police reports, May 3.

FRIDAY, MAY 3 William J. Rubino, 19, of the 10400 block of Lexington Lane, Frankfort, was charged with theft, according to a report. He is accused of taking 4 Xbox games, which were sold to a local store. Rubino reportedly told police he was “sorry” and wanted to make restitution. Kyle W. West, 21, of the 12700 block of Park Place, Crestwood, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without insurance, improper displaying of registration and improper lane use, according to a report. Police saw a car at about 8:30 p.m. near the 19700 block of Wolf Road cross the double yellow road lines. During the stop, police saw a metal smoking pipe in the armrest of the …

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Suspect in Orland Park Home Invasion Kills Himself

Anthony M. Espinoza, 27, of Crown Point, IN, killed himself in East Chicago after a violent shooting and chase.

Busts At Hooters: Weird Crimes

Nothing up their sleeves, except for bottles of booze • Kids joy ride in park district golf cart • WD-40 can allegedly used to hide pot … This week's roundup of weird crime news in the Southland.

April 30: Diners at the restaurant known for being delightfully tacky decided to split without paying their checks when they finished enjoying the view. Oak Lawn police responded to a reported dine-and-dash at Hooters at 9159 S. Cicero Ave. around 10:21. A table of three women and one man finished eating their meal and were talking amongst themselves when they all got up and left without paying their $91.30 tab, police said. The second dine-and-dash incident occurred the evening of April 21 around 9:50 a.m., police said. An off-duty police officer advised that four adults had just fled the restaurant and were heading southbound on Keating Avenue from 92nd Street in a Chevy Tahoe. Eight people were hit with charges from the two incidents. …

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Court Supervision: Former Fire Chief Has Constant Case of the Blues

The former Chicago Ridge deputy fire chief charged with trying to rape and kill a neighbor is tired of the cops always showing up at his parents' place.

When they let former Chicago Ridge Deputy Fire Chief Gary Swiercz out of jail, he wasn't allowed to return to the Tinley Park condo where he allegedly tried to rape and kill a neighbor. Since the woman still lives in his building, Swiercz moved into his parents' home in Worth. But that hasn't worked out so well. The high-priority electronic monitoring the county put Swiercz on requires the cops to make an in-person visit to the house once during each eight hour shift, and the repeated visits are wearing on Swiercz's elderly parents, Barbara and Stan. Swiercz's parents were they went to court and asked a judge to cut out the house checks between midnight and 8 a.m. Cook County Judge John Joseph Hynes denied the request, pointing out that …

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Ernie Knight

4:29 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

You forget the years that the State failed to make its payments toward pensions, and spent the money on other things. You also forget the corrupt politicians allowing their cronies into public pensions through lllicit backdoors.   more ›