An Illinois man has been convicted of defrauding a public retirement system by continuing to collect pension payments on behalf of deceased beneficiaries. According to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and state investigators, the defendant failed to report multiple deaths and actively concealed beneficiary status to keep monthly payments flowing into bank accounts he controlled. […]
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