CHICAGO – Authorities in Cook County have arrested a former claims manager at an insurance company on theft charges after he allegedly brought back to life – on paper at least – four dead beneficiaries and then sent their annuity payments to his own bank account.

In a news release, the county sheriff's department says 36-year-old Ricardo Campos Jr. of Grayslake was arrested at his home on a felony charge of theft this week.

The arrest stems from an investigation that was launched in July after Allstate Insurance Company reported that Campos, a senior claims manager at Allstate's Northbrook headquarters, had just been fired after an internal investigation revealed he'd allegedly embezzled money from the company.