Chicago A suburban Chicago tax preparer has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly fraudulently assisting customers in obtaining millions of dollars in loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Hadi Isbaih of Palos Heights, Ill., was charged in an indictment returned Monday in the Northern District of Illinois with four counts of wire fraud. An initial court appearance is scheduled for today at 2:15 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Beth W. Jantz.
The indictment was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Tamera Cantu, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation Division in Chicago; Emmerson Buie, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI; and Sharon Johnson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Central Region of the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nichola
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Elizabeth Morrissey, 7th grader, St. Michael School, is a finalist in the competition for her poem on what the Bill of Rights means to her. (Yasmeen Sheikah/Patch)
ORLAND PARK, IL On Dec. 11, the district court announced three students from the Northern District of Illinois who were selected as finalists in the first Bill of Rights Contest hosted by the U.S. Courts for the 7th and 8th Circuits. One of the finalists selected is a St. Michael student here in Orland Park.
In October, kindergarten through 12th grade students living in the Northern District
of Illinois were invited to submit an essay, poem, video, photograph, song, or piece of art on