Suburban Chicago Chiropractor Convicted of Healthcare Fraud

CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a suburban Chicago chiropractor on healthcare fraud charges for billing a private insurer for nonexistent services.

SEUNG HAN LIM owned and operated Movement Health and Rehab, also known as Motu Chiropractic and Motu Chiromassage, in Libertyville, Ill. From 2016 to 2019, Lim submitted fraudulent claims to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois for purported health care services that Lim knew were not actually provided. Some of the fraudulent claims were for services purportedly provided on dates when either Lim or the patient were not in Illinois. Other claims submitted by Lim were for services purportedly rendered by another chiropractor in Lim's practice to Lim and Lim's family members, even though Lim knew that those services had not actually been provided.

When Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois attempted to audit the bogus claims, Lim prepared false patient medical records and other documents and submitted them to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. As a result of the scheme, Lim and his clinic fraudulently billed more than $600,000 to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois for services not rendered.

Lim, 42, of Lincolnshire, Ill., was convicted on 13 counts of healthcare fraud. The jury returned its verdicts on June 12, 2026, after a week-long trial in U.S. District Court in Chicago. U.S. District Judge Franklin W. Valderrama set sentencing for Oct. 22, 2026. Each healthcare fraud count is punishable by up to ten years in federal prison.

The conviction was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI, and Anthony P. D'Esposito, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Paige Nutini and Caitlin Walgamuth.