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A “lifelong thief and fraudster” from Chicago stole the identities of dozens, including murder victims, and defrauded the government of tax refunds and stimulus money, according to court records.
A career fraudster was sentenced to 5 years in prison for using death certificates to collect stolen identities she used to receive thousands of dollars in tax refunds.
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A South Side woman was sentenced Friday to just over five years in federal prison for a macabre scheme to fraudulently obtain death certificates of dozens of young Chicago murder victims and use their stolen identities.
Arjun Dhillon is accused of swindling a quarter of a million dollars from a rich philanthropist’s charity.
Kanye West has been subpoenaed to testify in Chicago federal court at the upcoming fraud trial of a former employee of one of West’s companies.