Two individuals have been charged in separate incidents where they allegedly schemed the Social Security Administration out of thousands of dollars in disability and retirement benefits.
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By Juan Lasso
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10/13/23
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Fulton Commons Care Center is heading to court. State attorney general Letitia James is accusing the Merrick Avenue facility of fraud and abuse, which she says led to insufficient staffing, resulting in “significant” neglects, mistreatment and abuse.
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By Mallory Wilson
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12/13/22
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Voter fraud has been around since the creation of democracy, but that doesn’t make it right or mean we should allow it to continue or expand.
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By Ronald J. Rosenberg
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6/30/22
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Have you ever fallen for a scam? In the old days, for which we can only feel nostalgia, there was the kind of sweet three-card Monte . . .
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6/9/22
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People have called him many things — kind, loving, helpful, funny. I’ve heard him described as meticulous. But to me and my siblings, he’s simply Dad.
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By Michael Hinman
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4/28/22
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A Glen Cove medical doctor was sentenced to four years and three months in prison by U.S. District Judge Gary Brown on Friday for fraudulently obtaining approximately $3.7 million dollars in Covid-19 …
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By Letisha Dass
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3/18/22
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On the same day, July 23, that Hewlett Harbor resident John Novello pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $60,000 from the Cedarhurst Republican Committee, he was arrested again for alleged mortgage fraud. Novello had pleaded guilty to two counts of grand larceny – one for the embezzlement of the GOP money – and the other on the unindicted mortgage fraud matter.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/18/21
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Kenneth Erdheim, a Woodmere-based accountant and his accounting firm, was charged with criminal tax fraud second-degree for allegedly submitting false New York sate tax returns for 267 clients, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s office.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/28/20
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After a six-months long investigation, five people were arrested on Feb. 26 and then charged for their alleged roles in what the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office called alleged credit union loan fraud ring, whose members attempted to steal more than $1 million from five major credit unions, including Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union, and hundreds of individuals were allegedly targeted. Allegedly, they stole more than $250,000.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/2/19
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A contractor who scammed Nassau and Suffolk county Hurricane Sandy victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for home repairs he never completed was sentenced to five years probation in Suffolk County Criminal Court on Tuesday.
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By Mike Smollins
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7/31/18
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