Chicago lab owner Mohamed Sirajudeen pled guilty this month in scheme to defraud federal government
Saturday, August 29, 2026 1:10AM
Former Loretto Hospital CFO Anosh Ahmed was indicted again, now in a COVID-19 testing scheme that Chicago lab owner Mohamed Sirajudeen pled guilty to.
CHICAGO (WLS) — A former CFO for Chicago’s Loretto Hospital is being indicted again.
Anosh Ahmed is back in the U.S. and was in court Friday to face charges tied to a fraud scheme. He is now also being indicted in a COVID-19 test fraud scheme worth tens of millions of dollars.
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Ahmed allegedly used patient data linked to COVID testing to seek money from the federal government.
He was first arrested in Serbia in January.
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Ahmed is due in court on the second indictment on Monday.
A Chicago lab owner pleaded guilty earlier…
IT & DATA SECURITY (MITIGATING THE “INSIDER THREAT”)
As seen in the TD Bank case, an employee with too much “access” can sell your customer data to syndicates.
- Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP): Employees should only have access to the specific folders and databases required for their current task.
- Access Revocation: Have a “Termination Checklist” that ensures all digital access (Email, VPN, Banking) is revoked within 60 minutes of an employee resigning or being dismissed.
- System Logs & Audit Trails: Enable “Read/Write Logging” on your server. If a customer’s data is leaked, you need to know exactly which login accessed that record and at what time.
- Encryption at Rest: Ensure that sensitive files (like your customer ID numbers or payroll spreadsheets) are encrypted so that if a staff member copies them to a USB, they cannot be read.