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Sameer Suhail Returns to Chicago, Released on $5 Million Bond in Loretto Hospital Fraud Case

Prosecutors allege a $15 million scheme that routed hospital payments to bogus vendors.

Overview

  • Suhail appeared in a Chicago federal courtroom and a judge said he could leave custody on a $5 million bond with home confinement.
  • He pleaded not guilty through his attorney after returning from Dubai and being taken into custody at O’Hare International Airport.
  • A 45-count indictment names Suhail alongside former Loretto leaders George Miller, Anosh Ahmed, and Heather Bergdahl.
  • Prosecutors say the scheme used fake invoices to draw more than $15 million from the hospital and steered business to Suhail’s companies.
  • Suhail faces wire fraud, aiding and abetting embezzlement, a kickback conspiracy, and money laundering charges, while Bergdahl is expected to plead guilty, Miller is set to plead guilty on April 30, and Ahmed remains in Serbia.