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Therapists Allegedly Took Millions From Program That Helped Kids With Developmental Delays
Newsweek ^ | 26 October 2021 | NATALIE COLAROSSI

Posted on 10/26/2021 7:46:49 PM PDT by blueplum

Nine therapists in New York have been arrested and charged with stealing millions of dollars from a state health program that aims to help very young children who have developmental delays, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

The therapists stole over $3 million from the New York State Early Intervention Program over more than four years, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

...the therapists allegedly submitted fraudulent documents for thousands of EIP therapy sessions that never took place in order to get millions of dollars as payment. Some of the therapists are accused of falsely billing sessions every day for a full year, including on holidays such as Christmas and Thanksgiving, the DOJ said....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: childassault; fbi; whitecollarcrime
the unsaid problem is if actual child names were used, they now have medical records that could follow them forever.
1 posted on 10/26/2021 7:46:49 PM PDT by blueplum
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About an extra $83k/year each.


2 posted on 10/26/2021 8:20:47 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: blueplum

I’ll bet this happens with CPS agents as well.


3 posted on 10/26/2021 8:45:51 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: blueplum

Funny but I don’t see photos of these “therapists.”. I’ll bet they are a “diverse” bunch.


4 posted on 10/26/2021 9:00:56 PM PDT by samkatz
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To: blueplum

Pick any NYC agency and any NY state agency and dig into it and you’ll find it to be corrupt from top to bottom.


5 posted on 10/26/2021 10:47:45 PM PDT by jmacusa (America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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