A woman from St. Peters, Mo., has been indicted in federal court here and accused of defrauding people filing for bankruptcy, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported today. Prosecutors say that Phebe Ibrahim overcharged clients, created false documents claiming that clients had credit counseling and tried to conceal her role by leaving her name off of documents. Ibrahim, formerly Phebe Khan, was a preparer of bankruptcy petitions for those who wished to file in the Southern District of Illinois, the U.S. Attorney's office said. She was prohibited from charging more than $150, it said. Ibrahim was indicted Tuesday on seven counts each of bankruptcy fraud, causing false statements to be made under penalty of perjury in a bankruptcy case and falsifying records in a bankruptcy case. The indictment accuses her of charging $250 for preparing about 120 petitions from June 2011 through at least August 2, 2016.
