Darien Man Defrauds Hospital Where He Was Exec: Feds

DARIEN, IL – A Darien man who defrauded a Chicago area hospital out of more than $600,000 was indicted Wednesday, federal authorities said.

Robert Spadoni, 58, was charged with three counts both of mail fraud and money laundering, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Property tax records show that Spadoni lives in the 1800 block of Kelly Court.

Spadoni is the former vice president and chief operating officer at Rush Oak Park Hospital.

Under the hospital's conflict of interest policy, employees and their family members are barred from having a financial interest in an organization doing or seeking to do business with the hospital.

Despite that, Spadoni caused the hospital to enter into an agreement with Medical Education Solutions, a company that Spadoni established, the news release said.

The contract was for Spadoni's company to provide administrative support and compliance services for the hospital's podiatry residency program.

Under its terms, the hospital agreed to pay $6,500 a month for the purported services that Spadoni knew his company would not provide, prosecutors said.

Instead, Spadoni paid $1,500 to one of his hospital employees to perform the services that his company was hired to do, prosecutors said. Spadoni and a family member concealed their interest in the company, according to the news release.

Spadoni and the family member are accused of using the money from the contract for their own benefit. The family member was not identified.

The crimes occurred from December 2013 to July 2021, prosecutors said.

An arraignment in federal court has not been set.