Anosh Ahmed, Heather Bergdahl, and Sameer Suhail are accused of arranging for the hospital to make payments for goods and services it never received, and directing the money to bank accounts they controlled.
CHICAGO -- Former Loretto Hospital executive Anosh Ahmed and two others have been indicted on charges of scheming to embezzle more than $15 million from the hospital.Ahmed, 40, the hospital's former chief financial officer, is charged with eight counts of wire fraud, four counts of embezzlement, eleven counts of aiding and abetting embezzlement, and three counts of money laundering.
Federal prosecutors said the trio concocted a scheme to create fake invoices, payment request, and other documents that falsely claimed the hospital owed listed vendors money for goods and services it had not actually received. They would then direct money from the hospital to bank accounts they controlled.Arraignment hearings for all three defendants have not yet been scheduled.Loretto is identified in the indictment only as 'Hospital A.
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