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March 20, 2003
Bronx Dentist Admits $650,000 Medicaid Theft
… Bronx Dentist Admits $650,000 Medicaid Theft March 20, 2003 Attorney General Spitzer today … that a Bronx dentist excluded from participating in the Medicaid program sixteen years ago has admitted to stealing … Attorney General Arlene S. Osterer, of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit's New York City Office, prosecuted the …
March 24, 2003
Bronx Hospital Employee Gets Prison Term For Stealing $1.7 Million By Submitting Forged Serostim Prescriptions To Out-of-state Pharmacies
… including his own residence, and billed the New York State Medicaid program for having dispensed the expensive medication. The Medicaid program reimburses providers $6,300 for a month's … prison sentence, sends a clear message that health care fraud will not be tolerated," said Spitzer. "Particularly …
March 27, 2003
Finger Lakes Mental Health Official
… 200 occasions and causing OMRDD to be wrongfully paid with Medicaid funds for those services. "The defendant not only … their own plan of services and support. According to Medicaid rules, the monthly billing for service coordination … noted that the investigation of Leonardo by his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit began with a referral by the regional …
March 19, 2003
Owners Of Brooklyn Pharmacy And Clinic
… stealing in excess of $50,000 by fraudulently billing the Medicaid program for having provided physical therapy to … put on notice that my office has zero tolerance for such fraud, and will vigorously prosecute those individuals who steal from the taxpayers and the Medicaid program." In carrying out their scheme, prosecutors …
March 20, 2003
Nurse And 3 Aides Arrested At County-run Nursing Homes
… Spitzer today announced that an investigation by his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has resulted in the arrest of four … Assistant Attorney General Michael C. Clarke, of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit's Albany Regional Office. …

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