A federal grand jury has indicted a 40-year-old woman from a top-rated Chicago suburb on fraud charges, alleging she swindled victims out of $3.5 million by falsely claiming the money would support immigration services and projects for war-weary Ukraine.
Tatian Bazer, of the premiere suburb of Buffalo Grove, tapped some victims for six-figure contributions and loans and spent much of the money for her personal use, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.
“Bazer concealed the fraud by sending the victims false records, including bogus wire transfer receipts and fraudulent checks, the indictment states,” a statement from the office said Tuesday…