Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, District of Illinois
A former manager at a suburban Chicago medical center has found himself in the thick of legal troubles following indictment allegations of orchestrating a fraud scheme to his own tune of $900,000. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Brandon Getzloff, the ex-operations manager in question, spent three years using the center’s credit cards for personal gain, including the purchase of gift cards and payment of personal bills. The scheme, running from 2021 to 2024, was masked as legitimate expenditures within the organization’s financial systems.
But the actions of Getzloff didn’t stop with the fraudulent credit card usage. He was also accused of cheating participants in various sports outings, ranging from golf courses to college sports events, by offering deals too good to be true. The indictment alleges that Getzloff lured in his victims with significantly discounted rates and imposed deadlines, often a year or more in advance. Once funds were in hand, they mostly ended up in his own pocket, with a segment of the gift cards financing other prior sports events to maintain the allure for future marks…