The feds say a Grayslake man created fake healthcare companies and submitted more than $17 million in claims to an insurance company, causing them to pay at least $1.4 million for services that were never provided.
An indictment returned in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois charges Shawn Bashir, 39, of Grayslake, with eight counts of healthcare fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
Federal prosecutors said Bashir was indicted on the charges for allegedly submitting more than $17.3 million in fraudulent claims to a private insurer.
Bashir created fictitious entities called “Success for Kids” and “Growing Kids Therapy,” which purportedly provided early intervention services to children, prosecutors said.
He submitted and caused to be submitted false claims from those entities to a private insurer for therapy services that had not actually been provided from 2019 to 2025, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.
The two fake companies were enrolled as providers with the insurer, which required enrolled providers to provide documentation representing that therapists were rendering services on behalf of the two companies to be reimbursed.
Bashir submitted and caused the submission of approximately $17.3 million in fraudulent claims, resulting in the private insurer paying at least $1.4 million for services that were not provided, the indictment said.
The indictment said Bashir used the funds for his own personal use by transferring the funds from the business bank accounts to his own bank accounts.
Bashir pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment on Friday. A status hearing is scheduled for November 12.
The charges against Bashir mark the first indictment returned by the newly created Healthcare Fraud Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros created the unit last month to bring “greater focus, efficiency, and impact” to one of the Department of Justice’s top fraud enforcement priorities.
The Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office said they have charged nearly $2 billion in healthcare fraud schemes since Boutros became U.S. Attorney in April.
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