Suburban Chicago businessman gets nearly 5 years in prison for bilking $2.6 million from hospitals desperate for COVID-19 masks, buying himself Maseratis
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Burr Ridge, Illinois, businessman to nearly five years in federal prison for swindling $2.6 million from hospitals seeking coveted protective gear in the traumatic early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and blowing much of it on credit cards and luxury cars.
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