22-Count Indictment for Former Bank Executive and Friends

Posted by admin on December 5th, 2007 filed in digital forensics, fraud

I helped lead the digital forensic aspect of this case. Needless to say, I spent a long time in Chicago.

DOJ press release

News article

“A former security executive for ABN AMRO and LaSalle Bank has been charged with pocketing $400,000 in return for steering $45 million in security work to a suburban firm, federal authorities said today.George Konjuch, formerly first vice president in charge of security for the banks, approved tens of millions of dollars in inflated invoices to allow Armando Navarette to kick back money to him from 2001 to 2006, the charges allege. Navarette owned Integrity Security Solutions of Wood Dale.

According to the indictment, Navarette paid for landscaping and snow removal at Konjuch’s residence. He also paid for exercise equipment and trips to Puerto Rico and Las Vegas, officials allege, and gave a wedding gift of $10,000 to Konjuch’s daughter.

 

Konjuch, 54, of Des Plaines was charged with five counts of bank fraud, five counts of bank bribery and two counts of federal income tax fraud.Navarrete, 45, of Bloomingdale was charged with five counts of bank fraud, five counts of bank bribery and five counts of structuring monetary transactions. Integrated Security Solutions also was named as a defendant and faces five counts of bank fraud and five counts of bank bribery, officials said.

Navarrete was arrested Wednesday and was expected to appear in court today, said Randall Samborn, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office. Konjuch was expected to appear at a later time.”


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