Office of the Inspector General

Press Releases

New York State Correctional Officer Charged With Submitting A Falsified Medical Note To Justify Excessive Time Off, 6/15/18

Oneida County Truck Driver Charged With Perjury And Defrauding Workers’ Compensation And New York State, 6/15/18

Bronx Man Charged With More Than $19,000 Workers’ Compensation Fraud, 6/14/18

Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty To Forging Deceased Mother’s Signature To Steal Workers’ Compensation Benefits, 6/14/18

Genesee County Man Charged With Over $4,000 Workers’ Compensation Fraud, 6/12/18

Manhattan DMV Clerks Promised Traffic Ticket Dismissals In Exchange For Cash And Taking Payments For Lawyer Referrals, 6/8/18

Utica Chiropractor Faked Exams And Reports Facilitating CNY Psych Center Employees’ Bogus Disability Claims, 6/6/18

Report on the Investigation of Painting Contracts at the State University of New York University at Buffalo, 6/5/18

Central New York Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced, Forfeits Medical License And Pays $87,000 Restitution, 6/5/18

CUNY Medgar Evers Professor Pleads Guilty To Federal Fraud For Theft From School, 5/31/18

State Employee Charged And Pleads Guilty To Time Abuse, 5/31/18

Buffalo Woman With Internet Retail Operation Sentenced For Over $48,000 Workers' Compensation Fraud, 5/29/18

Former Parks Supervisor And Accomplice Plead Guilty To Theft For Use Of State Equipment For Their Own Private Business, 5/24/18

Owners And Operators Of Medical Transport Companies Charged With Multi-Million-Dollar Health Care Fraud, 5/23/18

Rochester Man Charged With Workers' Compensation Fraud For Cashing His Deceased Mother's Benefit Checks, 5/15/18

Queens Couple Charged With Near Six-Figure Welfare Fraud, 5/8/18

Surgeon Facing Federal Charges Of $860,000 Health Care Fraud Committed While Serving Sentence For Another Fraud, 4/10/18

Orthopedic Surgeon Pleads Guilty And Surrenders Medical License For Stealing From The Workers' Compensation System, 4/10/18

Bronx Couple Pleads Guilty To More Than $65,000 In Welfare And Unemployment Insurance Fraud, 4/4/18

State Thruway Authority Worker Pleads Guilty - To Pay Full Restitution - For Over $5,000 Workers' Compensation Fraud, 4/4/18

Binghamton Taxi Company Owner Charged With Six-Figure Medicaid Theft And Workers' Compensation Fraud Scheme, 3/30/18

Rochester Woman Sentenced, Restitution Ordered, For More Than $9,500 In Welfare Fraud, 3/29/18

State Agency Attorney Resigns, Pays Restitution And Pleads Guilty After Theft Of More Than $12,200 In Unearned Salary, 3/28/18

Office of the Workers' Compensation Fraud Inspector General Annual Report, 3/20/18

Buffalo Woman With Internet Retail Operation Charged With And Pleads Guilty To Over $48,000 Workers' Compensation Fraud, 3/20/18

Former State Employee Charged With Falsifying Subpoenas To Steal Paid Time Off, 3/9/18

Construction Worker Sentenced To Up To Four Years In Prison For Theft Of Workers' Compensation Benefits And Other Crimes, 3/9/18

Buffalo Man Sentenced For Stealing Deceased Woman’s Workers’ Compensation Benefits, 2/27/18

State Office Of Mental Health Employee Pleads Guilty And Resigns From State Service For Forged Medical Record Scheme, 2/26/18

Satellite Television Vendor Servicing State Prisons Pleads Guilty To Six-Figure Theft, 2/23/18

Manhattan Man Sentenced To Prison And Pays Restitution For His $600,000 Theft Of Welfare And Unemployment Benefits, 2/23/18

Rockland County Business Owner And Wife Face Fraud Charges After Crashing A Client’s Luxury Mercedes During Joyride, 2/23/18

Last Of Three Erie County Home Health Aides Sentenced For Her Role In A $107,000 Welfare Fraud Scheme, 2/22/18

Buffalo Man Sentenced For To Near $10,000 Workers’ Compensation Fraud, 2/13/18

Central New York Orthopedic Surgeon Indicted On Charges Of Stealing More Than $50,000 From The Workers’ Compensation, 2/13/18

Statement By New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott On Guilty Plea By Joseph Ciffa To Federal Charges, 2/9/18

Erie County Home Health Aides Sentenced And Ordered To Pay Restitution For Their Roles In A $107,000 Fraud Scheme, 2/8/18

Statement By New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott On Federal Indictment of State Bridge Contractor 2/8/18

Rochester Fish Store Owner Sentenced To Prison And Ordered To Pay Restitution For $1.4 Million Food Stamp Fraud Scheme, 2/7/18

Office of the Welfare Inspector General 2017 Annual Report, 2/1/18

Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty To More Than $9,500 In Welfare Fraud, 2/1/18

Bronx Man Sentenced For Juggling Dual Identities To Steal Welfare And Unemployment Benefits, 1/30/18

State Employee Charged With Theft Of Over $57,000 In Housing And Welfare Benefits Through Fraud, 1/30/18

Former Top SUNY Buffalo Administrator Sentenced To Jail And Pays Restitution For $320,000 Theft Of State Funds, 1/26/18

Wealthy Queens Woman Arrested On Welfare Fraud Charges For Concealing Indicted Husband’s Six-Figure Income, 1/25/18

Former Baruch College Basketball Coach Pleads Guilty To Embezzling More Than $700,000 From School, 1/17/18

Statement From Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott On The $341,000 Settlement With Johnson Controls, 1/9/18

Message from the Inspector General

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