Hundreds Fired From Southwest Side Target Facility over Alleged Healthcare Loan Fraud, some Say They Were Not Aware of Scheme

Target fires hundreds of warehouse employees apparently for medical loan scheme | News Channel 3-12

By WBBM Team Click here for updates on this story    CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Hundreds of Target workers in Chicago appear to be out of a job

Target fires hundreds of warehouse employees apparently for medical loan scheme

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Hundreds of Target workers in Chicago appear to be out of a job after a scheme to not pay back medical loans offered by the company.

Target Fires Hundreds From Little Village Warehouse Over Medical Benefits Scheme – Block Club Chicago

Workers at Target’s distribution center took advantage of the company’s medical loan program, through which employees could receive loans exceeding $3,000. Workers found a glitch in the program, allowing them to pay back $50 of the loan and have the remaining balance erased from company records, multiple employees told Block Club. The scheme could have lost Target over $1 million, employees said.

Hundreds fired from Southwest Side Target facility over alleged healthcare loan fraud, some say they were not aware of scheme

CHICAGO (WGN) — Hundreds of employees at a Southwest Side Target distribution facility have been fired after allegedly stealing more than $1 million from the company through healthcare loans. But some of the fired employees now tell WGN-TV they had no idea they were part of a large fraud operation. Rather, they thought they were just taking advantage of an employee benefit that could get them some fast cash, which they would then pay back over t…

Target responds to allegations it fired Chicago employees over benefits scheme

Target fired employees from a Chicago warehouse for violating their code of ethics, the company said.

Target Fires Hundreds From Little Village Warehouse Over Medical Benefits Scheme, Employees Say

Terminated employees defrauded the company's medical benefits program, workers said. Now, Target is on a hiring blitz.