Milwaukee man stole $124K meant for son’s autism therapy, prosecutors say

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man with an open stalking case is now accused of stealing $124,000 meant for the supplier of his son’s remedy for autism.

Alper Kolcu, 39, faces one rely of theft from a enterprise setting (higher than $100,000) and one rely of felony bail leaping.

Prosecutors say Kolcu’s son obtained autism remedy by InBloom Autism Providers. Kolcu was his son’s insurance coverage holder, ordered by the courtroom to take care of medical health insurance for the kid, held by Anthem Insurance coverage. He had a “pay to affected person” settlement the place, for an out-of-network supplier, Anthem would ship the test on to Kolcu, and Kolcu was to then pay the supplier, InBloom Autism Providers, with that test. 

Based on a felony criticism, a assessment of Kolcu’s financial institution information confirmed he made no funds to InBloom regardless of receiving $124,975.31 from Anthem supposed for cost of InBloom providers between September 2020 and July 2022. The investigation revealed the Anthem checks had been despatched to Kolcu’s Milwaukee dwelling with directions that the funds had been for use to pay the supplier, with prosecutors noting 71 claims processed by Anthem for InBloom providers throughout this era. 

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As a substitute, in response to prosecutors, Kolcu deposited the cash into his checking account and primarily saved it. Checking account information confirmed frequent withdrawals and transfers, with “Anthem checks used to fund these withdrawals/transfers.”

In Might, Kolcu obtained a “cost demand letter” from InBloom, ordering him to pay his excellent $100K-plus steadiness, however nonetheless, no funds had been made, prosecutors say. 

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Kolcu was out on bond in a stalking case filed in 2019. He is charged with stalking, home abuse assessments and misuse of a GPS machine to acquire info.

On-line courtroom information present an arrest warrant was issued for Kolcu on Monday, Sept. 26.