The above quotes by Mr. Philip pertain to serious questions about a parent that had been under Mr. Philip’s supervision for a considerable period. This parent may have engaged in a massive welfare fraud, thus costing the Illinois taxpayers a small fortune. So Mr. Philip’s decision not “to get in to the people’s business,” kept him from determining if the parent had committed a felony jeopardizing the welfare of the child in the parent’s custody. In doing this Mr. Philip not only flagrantly disregarded the safety of the child, he also disregarded the good hard-working taxpayers of Illinois. It is these people who pay Mr. Philip’s salary and he owes them, and the children of Illinois, more.
DCFS Director Erwin McEwen
I wish to publically purpose that DCFS Director Erwin McEwen institute a policy that mandates all of the employees within his department to look for and report welfare fraud to the proper authorities. If such policy would take effect, there is no telling how much money the State of Illinois would be able to save its good and hard-working citizens. In today’s difficult economic times, we taxpayers could use all the help we can get.
I implore Director McEwen to address the matters contained in this public notice, unless Mr. McEwen disregards taxpayers and the law.
Public, please be advised that American News Post will pay a cash reward for information pertaining to inappropriate conduct by any DCFS employee, especially Saju Philip. Please be advised that all crimes must be reported to law enforcement immediately (dial 9-1-1).
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that little twerp saju messed around with my friend and his kids too… he did nothing but waste time collecting a nice state salary.
You mean to tell me that DCFS looked the other way when they could have stopped a potential fraud or help prosecute a scammer?!?!
I thought all of this fraud stuff stopped when Blago was yanked out off office?
Dear Seeing…,
I hate to tell you, I just Googled McEwen; according to what I found, Blago elevated McEwen to power.
Come on!! I knew it!!
Is Saju Phillip the complainant? Or is the quote attributed to Saju Phillip in the article made by the complainant, thus hearsay? I guess the minutes of Phillip’s actual conversation would be more telling. However I do agree all DCFS and in fact all government employees both Local, State and Fed should be on the lookout and report all types of criminal activity, actual or suspected.
Dear Give Me a Break,
I have personally read the email communications involving Saju and the complainant. Saju is not the complainant.
Perhaps I will advise editing to clarify it better. Thank you.
Have the persons accused of welfare fraud been reported to agencies other than DCFS by either the complainant or you? And if so how has it been resolved? Also can you post a copy of the email (minus names)of any minors of course for us to read?
Dear Give Me…,
An additional clarification was made to the article this morning to address your earlier question on what role Mr. Philip played.
I am uncertain if anyone reported this matter to other agencies. Personally, I am unaware of particular details, which causes me to carefully consider making a report to other agencies, at least not until I understand more. I hope the issue will be resolved soon.
I will look into your request for a copy of the email to be posted, however, American News Post has to be conscious of various privacy laws. Emails are like phone calls in some cases. In Illinois, you are precluded by law from allowing someone to listen to a phone call without the other side’s permission. We could intelligently assume that Mr. Philip would not authorize us to publish the email.
A copy of this article was sent to Governor Quinn yesterday. I am confident that that will get the ball rolling. And if I am wrong, American News Post will write about it.
Dear Give Me…,
From what I understand, the potential Welfare fraud might have ceased. It seems that it took place from April 2010 through September 30, 2010. However, the amount of money involved is purportedly in the 6-digits.
Thanks and I realize publishing the email may not be legal. Guess I’d be more interested seeing the fraudsters get justice than Philip. Welfare fraud is a pet peeve I’d need counseling and a lot of it to leave alone.
Dear Give Me…,
I feel the same way. However, Mr. Philip should be ashamed of himself for not reporting evidence of welfare fraud. Only one fraudster committed the fraud from what I know.
I wish to inform you that a full report regarding the suspected fraud indicated in the article above was reported yesterday via the Illinois State website that takes complaints based on suspicions.
This afternoon I discovered a site on the internet for reporting the mere suspicion Welfare fraud in Illinois:
http://www.state.il.us/agency/oig/reportfraud.asp