Former Elmhurst Hospital Supervisor Accused Of Stealing $218,000

ELMHURST, IL — A Woodridge resident and former Elmhurst Hospital employee and has been charged with felony theft after authorities said Tuesday stole more than $218,000 from the hospital cafeteria, which he supervised at the time.

Todd Jagow, 43, faces the charges and appeared in court on Monday for a bond reduction hearing. A $250,000 arrest warrant was issued on March 16 for Jagow, who was released on Monday after posting 10 percent of the $100,000 bond that was ordered by Judge Brian Telander on Monday. Jagow faces two felony counts of theft in access of $100,000, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, according to a news release issued Tuesday.

Jagow worked as a supervisor of the hospital's cafeteria and according to DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Elmhurst Police Chief Michael Ruth, stole $218,630.39 from the hospital. He did so by entering fictitious mobile money identifier refunds of money in the amount of money that he stole so that cash registers in the cafeteria would balance, Berlin said. The reported theft of the money took place between Feb. 2018 and Jan. 2020 and that Jagow used the money to pay personal expenses, officials said.

The scheme was detected during a review of cafeteria’s expenses and an investigation was launched by Elmhurst Police Department and Berlin’s office with the help of hospital officials, Berlin said.

“It is alleged that Mr. Jagow treated the coffers at Elmhurst Hospital as his own personal piggy bank, skimming money as he needed,” Berlin said. “His alleged scheme came to an end however, when authorities at the hospital grew suspicious of his actions and contacted the Elmhurst Police Department who conducted a thorough investigation.”

Jagow is scheduled to appear in court for arraignment on April 21.