<p>Indicted<b> </b>former<b> </b>Loretto<b> </b>Hospital<b> </b>Chief Financial Officer Anosh<b> </b>Ahmed<b> </b>will try to strike a deal with federal prosecutors<b> </b>now that he’s back in the United States — but he’ll again raise claims of prosecutorial misconduct<b> </b>if they can’t reach an agreement.</p><p>That’s what defense attorney Dan Webb<b> </b>told<b> </b>U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman when Ahmed made his second court appearance Monday<b> </b>since <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/08/28/loretto-hospitals-indicted-former-cfo-is-in-federal-custody-in-chicago" target="_blank" >returning to Chicago</a>.</p><p>Coleman once said Ahmed<b> </b>would see no relief based on misconduct allegations against the feds until he was “arraigned, in-person, before this court.”<b> </b>That event finally occurred Monday, when Ahmed briefly appeared before Coleman and pleaded not guilty.</p><p>“Glad to see you here, in the flesh,” she told him.</p><div class="RelatedList Enhancement" data-module data-align-center>
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<p>Ahmed, 42, faces fraud charges that could put him away for the rest of his life. But for now, he’s agreed to remain in federal custody while his attorneys try to cut a deal.<b> </b>He’s being held in the downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center, records show.</p><p>If no deal is done, Webb said he’ll be seeking Ahmed’s release and will use claims of prosecutorial misconduct before a grand jury to challenge Ahmed’s indictment. They’re similar to the claims that derailed the failed <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/06/27/broadview-six-boutros-chicago" target="_blank" >“Broadview Six”</a> case<b> </b>earlier this year.</p><p>“We are trying to resolve this case,” Webb told the judge. “And we’re going to try to resolve it reasonably quickly.”</p><p>Ahmed’s next court appearance is set for Oct. 14.</p><p>The former hospital executive is charged in two indictments<b> </b>with scamming millions out of Loretto<b> </b>and the federal government. Prosecutors have said he left Chicago<b> </b>for France and Dubai<b> </b>in August 2023, after becoming aware of the investigation against him.</p><p>His attorneys said his return to the United States<b> </b>was delayed because of “several significant family health issues.”<b> </b>He was arrested<b> </b>in Serbia<b> </b>in November.</p><p>The probe that led to his indictment dates back to 2021, when Block Club Chicago<b> </b>reported the hospital had shared COVID-19 vaccines<b> </b>with employees at Trump Tower, where Ahmed had a condo. The vaccines were just becoming available and were still rare.</p><div class="RelatedList Enhancement" data-module data-align-center>
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<p>Ahmed agreed to be returned to the United States after claims of prosecutorial misconduct spread at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros’ office <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/06/11/broadview-six-grand-jury-misconduct-federal-prosecutors-drop-charges-loretto-hospital-covid-fraud" target="_blank" >permanently<b> </b>dropped<b> </b>charges</a><b> </b>against two<b> </b>of his co-defendants<b> </b>in June<b> </b>after Coleman <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/06/10/hearing-in-loretto-hospital-case-could-address-claims-of-prosecutors-misconduct-if-feds-dont-drop-it" target="_blank" >threatened to hold a hearing</a>.</p><p>The feds have since worked to strike deals<b> </b>with Ahmed’s four other co-defendants. </p><p>The misconduct allegations revolve around Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri<b> </b>Mecklenburg<b>, </b>and they first surfaced in the failed “Broadview Six” case against six Operation Midway Blitz protesters. Mecklenburg also once handled Ahmed’s prosecutions.</p><p>Mecklenburg is accused of three types of wrongdoing in the “Broadview Six” case: Excusing grand jurors who disagreed with the feds’ case,<b> </b>having conversations with grand jurors outside the grand jury room,<b> </b>and a forbidden practice known as “vouching.”</p><p>Vouching occurs when a prosecutor puts her personal credibility on the line to support criminal charges.</p><p>In the prosecution involving Ahmed, the allegations against Mecklenburg include treating the indictment as a foregone conclusion and making “inflammatory characterizations of the defendants, including name-calling and folk-wisdom metaphors.”</p><p>But the feds last week secured a new indictment against Ahmed, which could be used to diffuse claims of past wrongdoing.</p>
Indicted ex-Loretto Hospital exec primed to point to feds’ wrongdoing if he can’t cut a deal 2026
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