CHICAGO — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.
CHICAGO — A former operations manager for a suburban Chicago medical center has been indicted in connection with an alleged $900,000 fraud scheme.
From 2021 to 2024, BRANDON GETZLOFF used procurement credit cards from the medical center to purchase gift cards for himself and pay his personal bills, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Getzloff concealed the fraud by causing the expenses to be falsely recorded as legitimate expenditures in the company’s enterprise management system, the indictment states.
Getzloff also engaged in fraud related to sports outings that he offered to arrange to luxury golf courses, college basketball and football games, and other events, the indictment states. Getzloff induced victims to pay for the outings by claiming to offer significantly discounted rates that had to be purchased by certain deadlines, sometimes more than a year in advance, the indictment states. Getzloff diverted most of the funds to his own use without purchasing tickets, but in some instances he used the victims’ funds as well as some of the gift cards from the procurement fraud to pay for earlier-scheduled sports outings, the success of which he used to attract funding from additional participants, the indictment states.
In total, the indictment accuses Getzloff of fraudulently obtaining more than $700,000 from the medical center and more than $200,000 from the sports outing participants.
Getzloff, 42, of Carol Stream, Ill., is charged with eight counts of wire fraud. He pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment on Wednesday in federal court in Chicago. A status hearing before U.S. District Judge Jeremy C. Daniel is set for Jan. 28, 2026.
The indictment was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. The Waukesha County, Wisc. Sheriff’s Office provided valuable assistance. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Heidi Manschreck.
