IL-AG v. Shaheed Tamir

Shaheed Tamir allegedly stole over $500,000 in unclaimed property from Illinois’ Unclaimed Property Program. According to IL-AG, between April 2018 and February 2021, Tamir falsely claimed to be a manager of Botta Capital Management LLC and New Edge LLC. According to IL-AG, Tamir allegedly filed annual reports with the Secretary of State on behalf of both companies before filing fraudulent claim forms with Frerichs’ Unclaimed Property Division to collect more than $500,000 in unclaimed money. He was charged with three counts of theft of government property of over $100,000 and 14 counts of forgery. Shaheed Tamir was also charged earlier this year for allegedly attempting to steal over $100,000 in unclaimed property from a third company and was charged with attempted theft of government money of over $100,000, two counts of forgery, two counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud.

Summary generated from official Illinois Attorney General press release