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Yonkers, NY
News
Covid-
19: Don't Fall For These Vaccine-Related Scams, Police Say
The rise in Americans going out and getting the COVID-19 vaccine has also brought about a rise in the number of opportunistic scammers looking to take advantage of the pandemic, law enforcement officials are cautioning. An alert was issued by police in the area regarding COVID-19 vaccine scams that have been reported to law enforcement agencies across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), scammers have been using telemarketing calls, text messages, social media platforms, and door-to-door visits to perpetrate COVID-…
Jersey City, NJ
News
Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme
UPDATE: Dominoes continued to fall in the federal takedown of a $24.8 million kickback scheme when a Jersey City woman who worked for a local doctor took a plea deal. Yudelka “Vicky” Ayala, 42, admitted conspiring with six co-defendants associated with the now-defunct Prime Aid Pharmacy in Union City to boost prescription sales through kickbacks and bribes to health care professionals in New Jersey and New York. Prime Aid, which also had a location in the Bronx, processed expensive medications used to treat various conditions, including Hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis…
White Plains, NY
News
Covid-
19: Westchester County Executive Warns Of Uninsured Being Charged For Vaccinations
Some Westchester residents who lack health insurance have been illegally charged for the COVID-19 vaccine, County Executive George Latimer is cautioning. During his bi-weekly COVID-19 briefing on Monday, April 5, Latimer said that his office has received multiple reports of uninsured residents being charged $20 by some providers to administer the vaccine. Latimer noted that there “should be no out-of-pocket cost to any individual for the COVID-19 vaccine, which is to be provided to all eligible parties for free, as per the guidance from the federal and state governments." According to Lati…
Worcester, MA
News
Trump Built a National Debt So Big - Before
Covid-
19 - It’ll Weigh Down The Economy For Years
The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president. One of President Donald Trump’s lesser-known but profoundly damaging legacies will be the explosive rise in the national debt that occurred on his watch. The financial burden that he’s inflicted on our government will wreak havoc for decades, saddling our kids and grandkids with debt, Propublica reported. The national debt has risen by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump’s time in office. That’s nearly twice as much …
Bristol, PA
News
PA Nursing Home Admin Indicted On Federal Charges For Health Care Fraud
The former administrator of a Pennsylvania nursing home has been indicted on federal charges of health care fraud, state authorities said. Susan Gilbert, 60 -- Mount Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, a sister nursing home to Brighton -- has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, health care fraud, and obstruction of a federal audit, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said Thursday. Gilbert is accused of directing employees to falsify records to give the appearance that the facility met federal and state staffing r…
Massapequa, NY
Politics
Covid-
19: Nursing Home Scandal Could Bring Criminal Charges For Cuomo, Prosecutor Says
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 nursing home scandal could lead to federal charges, according to a longtime prosecutor. John Daukas, who was acting attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division under President Donald Trump, said that Cuomo could face criminal charges after underreporting nursing home deaths and then attempting to cover it up. Earlier story - COVID-19: Nursing Home Scandal Fallout Increases As More Dems Turn On Cuomo, Feds Launch Probe In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Daukas said that Cuomo’s administration misled the public, and the …
Massapequa, NY
News
Covid-
19: Cuomo Calls For Nursing Home Reform Amid Federal Probe, Increasing Pressure
With pressure coming from both sides of the aisle into investigating New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he has vowed sweeping reform as part of the 30-day amendments. Cuomo announced reforms to improve the health, quality of life, and safety of nursing home residents to ensure that “facilities prioritize patient care over profits.” “You can’t say to a nursing home that ‘either you can buy new beds, or you can make more money,' " Cuomo said during a COVID-19 briefing on Friday, Feb. 19. “It’s not a matter of hiring more staff or …
Massapequa, NY
News
Covid-
19: Beware Of These Vaccine Scams, FBI, DOJ Warn
Scammers are using the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States to trick people into paying for doses or early access that never comes, federal authorities are warning. As COVID-19 vaccines become more available, there has been a spike in scams seeking to exploit people’s desire to protect themselves and their loved ones from the virus, according to the U.S. Department of Justice as well as local police departments and other law enforcement agencies. “Members of the public should be suspicious of unexpected or unsolicited contact from anyone unknown to them claiming to have inform…
Cherry Hill, NJ
News
South Jersey Prosecutor Warns Of
Covid-
19 Vaccine Scams
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, according to a South Jersey prosecutor who says fake coronavirus promises already are surfacing. Now that COVID-19 vaccines have been approved and are starting to be administered in New Jersey and worldwide, the Camden County Prosecutors Office is warning people about potential vaccine scams. “A lot of people, especially those in high-risk groups, are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel with the news of an approved vaccine, and that excitement could make them susceptible to scams,” said Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer. “We …
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Covid-
19: Feds Charge
Nyc-a
rea Pharmacy Owners In $30 Million Health Care Fraud
The owners of more than a dozen New York City-area pharmacies exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to scam Medicaid out of $30 million, then used the money to buy themselves real estate and luxury items, federal authorities charged. Peter Khaim, 40, and Arkadiy Khaimov, 37, both of Forest Hills, got others to pose as pharmacy owners or supervisors to take advantage of emergency override codes added to the Medicare system during the national state of emergency, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Brooklyn alleges. They used these to submit fraudulent claims for the expensive cancer medicati…
Hackensack, NJ
News
Update
: NJ Hospitals Await First Batch Of
Covid-
19 Vaccines
NOTE: A spokeswoman for Hackensack University Medical Center said Friday that the hospital hadn't yet received the initial doses of COVID-19 vaccines. "We do NOT have any vaccine at this point nor does anyone else in NJ," said the spokeswoman, Mary Jo Layton. This corrects a previous story published here following what staffers said was a notification that initial shipments of the vaccines had arrived and will continue to do so. ****** HUMC was expected to be among the first hospitals in New Jersey to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Officials couldn’t provide an exact number, although …
Brentwood, NY
News
Ex-Long Island Medical Supplier Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud
A former member of the “Most Wanted List” who fled to Haiti for more than a decade will spend years in prison and has been ordered to pay millions of dollars after admitting to his role in a health care fraud scheme on Long Island. Etienne Allonce, the former co-owner of Medical Solutions Management in Hicksville, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in federal court last year in Central Islip to health care fraud. In addition to his prison term, Allonce was also ordered to pay $4,444,468 in restitution to his victims. Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme said that be…
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