Two Buffalo Grove Men Charged with Defrauding IDES
A total of 32 Chicago-area residents are accused of obtaining fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits.
Two Buffalo Grove residents were among 32 charged with fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced Wednesday. In each case, the defendants allegedly lied about their eligibility for benefits by either falsely claiming to be unemployed or underreporting their income, and fraudulently obtained benefits ranging from $19,399 to $38,798. Altogether, the charges allege that the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) was defrauded out of nearly $874,000. Twenty-seven of the defendants were charged with felony theft of federal funds, and five were charged with misdemeanor theft counts in 32 separate criminal informations or grand jury indictments filed as recently as …
