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Ting Yam FONDA — An Amsterdam woman was arrested by Montgomery County authorities April 16 on 17 counts, including 16 felonies, for allegedly defrauding the county Department of Social Services out of more than $65,000 worth of public benefits over a five-year period. A Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office release issued Wednesday reported the arrest of Ting Yam, 30, no address listed, of Amsterdam. She was charged with: second-degree welfare fraud and second-degree grand larceny, both felonies; 14 counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, all felonies; and one misdemea...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In a narrative that seems likely to be repeated in the coming year, the DOJ Healthcare Fraud Unit’s (HCF Unit) contribution to the Fraud Section’s 2020 Year in Review emphasized its enforcement action in three areas: Opioid epidemic COVID-19 With an entire year of healthcare delivery during a pandemic now behind us, and a new administration assessing its priorities, it is likely that the focus on each of these subjects will be broader and deeper in the coming year.  Two Focuses of the Take-Down Were Telemedicine and Substance A...

LITIGATION DEVELOPMENTS Individual Prosecutions Down But Corporate Resolutions Steady for DOJ's Fraud Section in 2020, with More in the Pipeline The Department of Justice's ("DOJ") Fraud Section recently released a year-in-review report that shows the section's strong performance in 2020, despite challenges caused by the global pandemic. Although individual prosecutions were down approximately 30% from 2019, the number of corporate resolutions remained steady. The report also emphasizes the section's rapid response to fraud in connection with the Paycheck Protection Program and highlights one...

Suspect in DIFI Fraud Case to pay $700K in restitution (Source: Live 5/File) By Shelby Trahan | February 22, 2021 at 11:27 AM MST - Updated February 22 at 11:27 AM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - After an investigation, Cynthia A. Martin has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison on two counts of attempt to commit aggravated taking identity from a person/entity and one count of attempt to commit theft. According to a news release, the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions’ (DIFI) Fraud Unit investigation revealed Martin and her husband David used the...

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