Image of a newspaper. Press Release Statement by NYS Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott Regardin... September 28, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Ms. Mitchell is not a victim but a convicted felon now sentenced to serve time in prison. She is responsible for the weeks of fear Learn more about Statement by NYS Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott Regarding Clinton Correctional Facility Escape Accomplice Joyce Mitchell's Guilty Plea
Image of a newspaper. Press Release Manhattan Messenger Used Phony Social Security Numbers to Steal M... September 14, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Arrest of a Manhattan messenger on charges that he defrauded the government of over $245,000 in Welfare benefits (Safety Net, Supp Learn more about Manhattan Messenger Used Phony Social Security Numbers to Steal More than $280,000 in Unemployment and Public Assistance Benefits
Image of a newspaper. Press Release Sullivan County Woman Sentenced After Stealing more than $25,000 ... August 26, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Sentencing of Andrea Lee, on charges she stole more than $25,000 in child care assistance benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assista Learn more about Sullivan County Woman Sentenced After Stealing more than $25,000 in Welfare Benefits from Two Counties
Image of a newspaper. Press Release Two Rochester Area Business Owners Arrested in Food Stamps Traffi... July 31, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Arrests of two Rochester business owners on charges they illegally exchanged Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (“SNAP” o Learn more about Two Rochester Area Business Owners Arrested in Food Stamps Trafficking Scheme
Image of a newspaper. Press Release Statement by NYS Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott Regardin... July 28, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Plea by Joyce Mitchell makes clear her culpability in the systemic breakdown that led to the escape of two cold-blooded killers. Learn more about Statement by NYS Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott Regarding Clinton Correctional Facility Escape Accomplice Joyce Mitchell's Guilty Plea
Image of a newspaper. Press Release Five Defendants Convicted of Conspiring to Obtain Commercial Dirv... July 17, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Guilty verdicts for five state employees who participated in a scheme to enable applicants for commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) Learn more about Five Defendants Convicted of Conspiring to Obtain Commercial Dirver's Licenses from the Department of Motor Vehciles through Fraud and Bribes
Image of a newspaper. Press Release Former State Employee Pays $120,000 Forfeiture and Restitution fo... July 9, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Former ITS employee plead guilty to stealing over $38,000 from the state by charging time for which he was not present at work, an Learn more about Former State Employee Pays $120,000 Forfeiture and Restitution for Running Online Trademark Counterfeiting Stores While on State Time
Image of a newspaper. Press Release Former State Department of Transportation Employee Charged with F... July 2, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Former DOT Engineer Technician arrested for using his State-issued credit card more than 100 times to buy more than $6,000 worth o Learn more about Former State Department of Transportation Employee Charged with Felony Theft - Used State Issued Credit Card to Buy Gas for Personal Use More than 100 Times
Image of a newspaper. Press Release Guilty Plea Announced in $80,000 Welfare Fraud Perpetrated by Dec... June 30, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT Guilty plea of a New York City man who defrauding the State of more than $80,000 in public benefits by stealing the identity of an Learn more about Guilty Plea Announced in $80,000 Welfare Fraud Perpetrated by Decade-Long Identity Theft
Image of a newspaper. Press Release, Reports Investigation Finds Widespread Abuse of Work-Issued EZ-Pass Tags ... June 30, 2015 | 8:00 AM EDT More than 100 current and former employees of two State-run psychiatric facilities on Randall’s/Wards Island abused their governme Learn more about Investigation Finds Widespread Abuse of Work-Issued EZ-Pass Tags by State Office of Mental Health Employees on Randall's and Wards Island