George Miller Jr., the former CEO of Loretto Hospital in Chicago, entered into an agreement to defer prosecution on a federal conspiracy charge connected to the hospital’s embezzlement scandal, according to an Aug. 25 filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
“Mr. Miller, you got lucky here,” U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman said at the end of the brief telephone hearing Aug. 25, according to the Chicago Tribune. “I want to make sure you understand the terms of this agreement. There’s nine of them there … you should keep a copy with you to make sure you don’t violate any of those conditions.”
Mr. Miller exited the hospital in April 2022 and was later charged in an October 2024 federal indictment. Prosecutors alleged that he conspired with the hospital’s then-CFO and COO Anosh Ahmed, MD, to steer hospital vendor contracts and other hospital business to specific medical supply companies controlled by co-defendant Sameer Suhail, MD, who owned the companies.
Mr. Miller and Dr. Ahmed allegedly received a share of around $19 million in payments that Loretto made to Dr. Suhail’s companies from 2018 to 2021.
Prosecution of the conspiracy count against Mr. Miller will be deferred for 12 months, according to the agreement obtained by Becker’s. Should he satisfy the agreement’s conditions, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will move to dismiss the charge against him with prejudice within five business days of the completion.
The conditions include paying at least $5,000 per month for a total of $60,000 during the 12-month deferred prosecution period; maintaining lawful employment; no contact with Dr. Ahmed, Dr. Suhail or former Loretto chief transformation officer Heather Bergdahl; not own a firearm, destructive device or weapon, or apply for any firearm owner’s identification card; while he will have his passport returned to him, Mr. Miller will not use it or other international travel documentation without notifying and obtaining permission from his pretrial diversion supervisor; and his travel is largely restricted to the middle district of Florida.
Mr. Miller is also banned from challenging the validity of the indictment during the deferral period.
In June, Dr. Ahmed sought the dismissal of a separate COVID-19 testing fraud case, but had his motion denied in mid-July. The original June 2025 indictment claimed that Dr. Ahmed and co-defendants Mahmood Khan and Suhaib Chaudhry submitted roughly $894 million in false COVID-19 testing claims that resulted in approximately $293 million in fraudulent payments. Dr. Ahmed, who had been detained in Serbia while contesting extradition, is now being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, according to inmate records.
Becker’s has reached out to Loretto Hospital for comment and will update this story should more information become available.
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