Grayslake Man Created Fake Healthcare Business, Submitted $17.3M In Insurance Claims: Feds

GRAYSLAKE, IL — A 39-year-old Grayslake man has been indicted on healthcare fraud charges for allegations he set up a business that provided early intervention services to children, federal health officials said.

Shawn Bashir has been charged with eight counts of healthcare fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft, according to a news release. He pleaded guilty to the charges during an arraignment Friday in federal court.

He is accused of submitting more than $17.3 million in fraudulent claims to a private insurer after creating Success for Kids and Growing Kids Therapy, which purportedly provided early intervention services to children, according to a news release.

From 2019 to 2025, Bashir submitted or caused to be submitted false and fraudulent claims from those entities to a private insurer for therapy services that had not actually been provided, according to an indictment unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

In total, $17.3 million in false and fraudulent claims were submitted and lead to the private insurer paying at least $1.4 million for services that were not provided, the indictment states.

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.