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December
$272 Million Tobacco Settlement Payment Expected December 31 -- December 27, 2001 Total New York Settlement Payments Now Surpass $2 Billion
Termite Control Guarantee Questioned -- December 27, 2001 Spitzer Joins Settlement to Force Reforms in Orkin’s Advertising Claims
Long Island Hotel Cited for Price Gouging -- December 26, 2001 Spitzer Obtains Refunds and Penalties for Excessive Prices Following September 11th Attacks
Health Care Concerns Identified in State Report -- December 20, 2001 Consumers Urged to Take Advantage of Special State Assistance Program
Spitzer Criticizes DOJ Regulations On September 11th Victim Compensation Fund -- December 20, 2001 Spitzer Seeks Order Barring Owners from Business
Monroe County Snow Plow Company Faces State Lawsuit -- December 20, 2001 Spitzer Seeks Order Barring Owners from Business
Spitzer Obtains $5.5 Million for 340 WNYers Victimized in Pay Phone Pyramid Scheme -- December 20, 2001 Largest Investment Fraud Case in WNY History, Seniors Targeted, "Guaranteed" 14% Return
Spitzer Calls for Reforms in Charitable Fundraising -- December 19, 2001 AG Considers Suits Against For-Profit Companies that Take Advantage of Charitable Donors
State Fights for Cut in Air Pollution from Dirty Diesels -- December 14, 2001 NY Files Brief Urging Federal Court to Reject Industry Challenge to Federal Diesel Rule
Court Freezes Assets of Western New York Car Dealer -- December 13, 2001 Spitzer Seeking Thousands of Dollars in Refunds for Consumers
Spitzer Continues Efforts to Combat Wage Abuses in Greengroceries -- December 13, 2001 On-going Investigation Leads to Payment of Back Wages to Immigrant Workers
WNY Employer Settles Retaliation Suit -- December 13, 2001
Spitzer, Hevesi investigation supported workers’ claim
Westchester Car Dealer Cited for False Advertising -- December 13, 2001
New Rochelle Toyota Settles Case For $88,000 in Refunds and Civil Penalties
Settlement Reached in Hudson "Wills" Case -- December 13, 2001
Legal Secretary Must Return Benefits, and Terminate Control of Philanthopic Trust
Spitzer Announces N.Y, 28 Other States File Lawsuit Against Bristol-Myers Squibb Seeking Compensation for Consumers -- December 12, 2001
Drugmaker Unlawfully Kept Anti-Anxiety Medication Off the Market
Statement on the Albert Fentress Case -- December 11, 2001
Eleven School Custodians Arrested for Kickback and Bid Rigging Scheme -- December 11, 2001
Spitzer, Stancik Release Recommendations to Reform School Procurements
Spitzer Praises Lawyers’ Efforts in Response to World Trade Center Attacks -- December 11, 2001
Thousands of Attorneys Donate Time and Talent to Victims of September 11 Tragedy
Three Charged In DMV Bribery Scheme -- December 7, 2001
Former DMV Employee and Local Private Investigator Charged in 20-Count Indictment
Queens Drugstore Owner Charged with Selling Narcotics to Addicts -- December 7, 2001
Sold More Than 100,000 Pills Over Four Years
Spitzer Offers His "Top Ten" On-Line Holiday Shopping Tips -- December 7, 2001
He Reminds Consumers to Check Out Companies Before Checking Out Merchandise
Nurse Admits to Patient Neglect and Cover-up at Monroe County Nursing Home -- December 7, 2001
Nurse's Aide Admits to Endangering Patient At Columbia County Nursing Home -- December 5, 2001
Left Unattended in Bath Chair, Patient Fell and Fractured Both Legs
Spitzer Announces Arrests in Theft of Dental License Exam -- December 5, 2001 Defendants Used Hidden Camera to Steal Test
Lawsuit Accuses Furniture Retailer of Fraud -- December 5, 2001 Spitzer Takes Action To Stop Unscrupulous Practices
Spitzer Applauds President’s Action on Holy Land Foundation -- December 4, 2001 A.G. Subpoenaed Group’s Records, Asked I.R.S. to Investigate
November
State, City Team to Halt Parking Meter Thefts -- November 29, 2001 Group Manufactured Keys That Opened Meters
Court Order Shuts Down Brooklyn Moving Companies -- November 26, 2001 State Files Lawsuit Alleging Low-Ball Estimates, Household Goods Held Hostage
Brooklyn Doctor Arrested for Selling Drug Prescriptions Following Undercover Probe -- November 21, 2001
Attorney General Recovers $300,000 from 4 N.Y.C. Hospitals for Medicaid Double-Billings -- November 20, 2001 Facilities Billed Twice for Treating Same Recipients on Same Day
Spitzer and Consul General Announce Settlement of Labor Abuse Cases Against Greengroceries -- November 20, 2001 Agreement Reached to Redress Exploited Immigrant Workers
Spitzer Announces Statewide Investigation Found That Distributors, Retailers Sold Fraudulent Gold Jewelry -- November 19, 2001 Distributers, Retailers Fined, Change Practices
Statement by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding Anthrax Threats Received at Planned Parenthood Offices in New York State -- November 16, 2001
Manhattan Psychiatrist and Medicaid Recipient Charged with $50,000 Medicaid Fraud -- November 15, 2001 Doctor Billed Taxpayers for Bogus Therapy Sessions, Recipient Actually Treated Many Patients
Statement by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding the Red Cross Liberty Fund Announcement -- November 14, 2001
Nurse’s Aide Charged with Endangering Patient at Columbia County Nursing Home -- November 14, 2001 Left Unattended in Bath Chair, Patient Fractures Both Legs
National Gold Retailer Agrees to Honor Past Promises -- November 14, 2001 Spitzer’s Office Secures Settlement on Behalf of Thousands of Customers
Charities Symposium Set in Southern Tier -- November 9, 2001 Spitzer's Office Sponsors Education Forum Aimed at Charities Management Issues
Operators Of Kingston Adult Residence Accused Of Fraud -- November 9, 2001 Attorney General, Health Commissioner, and Local DA Join Forces to Protect Veterans
Task Force Breaks Up Cayuga County Drug Ring -- November 8, 2001 Coalition of Law Enforcement Agencies Targets Cocaine Sales in CNY
States Secure $51.5 Million Settlement With Firestone -- November 8, 2001 Company Promises Significant Reforms in Advertising and Warranty Claims
Statement
Regarding New York's Decision in the Microsoft Case -- November 7, 2001
Spitzer
Testifies at House Hearing on Disaster Relief Efforts -- November
6, 2001
Brooklyn Dentist Admits to $550,000 Dental Fraud -- November 6, 2001 Seven Others – including 6 Dentists— Arrested as Part of Crackdown in City
Delaware County Dairy Violates Environmental Law -- November 5, 2001 Delhi Enterprise Pays $327,000 in Fines; Two Employees Plead Guilty
Spitzer Announces Major Firms Agree to Donate Services to Help Establish Confidential Database to Help Coordinate WTC Relief Efforts -- November 1, 2001
Governor Pataki, Attorney General Spitzer Announce Comprehensive New Anti-Terrorism Legislation -- November 1, 2001 Omnibus Bill Contains Series of Measures to Help Law Enforcement Fight Evil Scourge
Bus Company Reinstates Cancellation Policy -- November 1, 2001 Spitzer's Office Wins Refunds for Consumers Fearful of Traveling Due to Terrorist Attacks
October
Limo Companies Cited For Shoddy Service -- October 31, 2001 Spitzer Acts on Consumer Complaints Against Companies in Syracuse and Troy
Lewis County Pharmacist Admits To Four Year Health Care Fraud -- October 31, 2001
Nurse Charged with Patient Neglect at Schenectady Nursing Home -- October 26, 2001 Withheld Treatment From Elderly Patient, Falsified Medical Chart
Nine West Settlement Benefits Advocacy Groups -- October 26, 2001
Funds Derived From Settlement of Price-Fixing Allegations Involving Women’s Shoes
Long Island Nurse Pleads Guilty in $125,000 Home Health Care Fraud -- October 25, 2001 Admits Billing Taxpayers for 2 Years of Nonexistent Care for Disabled Teenager
Red Cross Joins Relief Tracking System -- October 25, 2001
Two Groups Will Distribute Some 70% Of Public Donations
Rochester Asbestos Training Company Guilty of Fraud -- October 24, 2001 Company Loses Safety Training Accreditation and Will Pay $100,000 Fine
Buying Club Companies Agree to $9 Million Settlement -- October 24, 2001 Attorneys General Win Significant Reforms in Telemarketing Practices
Website Helps Victims of Terrorist Attacks -- October 24, 2001
A.G. Also Offers Tips on Charitable Giving
Neighborhood Watch Groups Cited for Achievements -- October 23, 2001 Thirteen Organizations Honored for Improving Quality of Life in their Communities
Staff Changes Announced in Attorney General’s Office -- October 19, 2001 Spitzer Names New Solicitor General, Makes Other Senior Staff Changes
Manufacturers Agree to Provide Warning Labels on Crib Sheets -- October 18, 2001 Agreement Includes National Infant Safety Campaign
Landmark Agreements Give Consumers New Protections in HMO Disputes -- October 16, 2001 Health Plans Obligated to Provide Specific Reasons for Coverage Denials
Spitzer, Mccaul Reach $5 Million Resolution In Money Laundering Investigation -- October 12, 2001
Cattaraugus County Man Guilty Of Failing To Pay $147,605 In Taxes -- October 12, 2001 Liquor Business Owner Failed to Pay Sales Tax From 1994-97
Credit Card Protection Claims Scrutinized -- October 11, 2001 National Direct Marketer Agrees to Provide Over $1 Million in Refunds to NewYorkers
World Trade Center Relief Info Available on New Website -- October 10, 2001
State Contractor Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Failure to Pay Workers Approximately $300,000 -- October 9, 2001
Nurse Admits To Narcotics Theft At Long Island Hospital -- October 9, 2001
Operator Of Counseling Program Charged With Medicaid Fraud -- October 4, 2001 Investigation Reveals Improper Claims and Other Problems at Brooklyn Program
Central NY Hospitals Agree to Cleanup on Native Land -- October 1, 2001 State Helps Resolve Long-Standing Environmental Problem on Onondaga Territory
September
Spitzer Statement Regarding Urban League of Northeastern New York -- September 27, 2001
Spitzer Statement Regarding the Sale of Nine Mile Nuclear Power Plants -- September 26, 2001
Spitzer Statement on Disaster Relief -- September 26, 2001
Orange County Man Sentenced In Real Estate Scheme -- September 25, 2001 Former Cop Duped Investors with Promissory Notes
Spitzer Statement on the Status of the Department of Law -- September 17, 2001
Spitzer Statement on the Governor's Anti-Terrorism Initiative -- September 17, 2001
Statement by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and California Attorney General Bill Lockyer Regarding a Remedy in the Microsoft Case -- September 10, 2001
Spitzer, States Oppose U.S. Supreme Court Review of Microsoft's Request for an Appeal -- September 7, 2001
Utility’s "Price Protection" Claims Challenged -- September 6, 2001 Spitzer Urges Public Service Commission to Reject a Flawed Rate Freeze Proposal
Brooklyn Psychiatrist Charged with $100,000 Fraud Following Undercover Probe -- September 6, 2001 Billed for Therapy Sessions on Days Off and While on Vacation
August
Employer "Retaliation" Prompts State Suit -- August 31, 2001 Jamestown Company Sued New York City Laborers Who Complained about Wages
Ohio Energy Company Fined, Ordered To Pay Restitution -- August 29, 2001 Hundreds of New Yorkers Victims of Shoddy Service and Contract Violations
Court Preserves Martha Graham Dance Legacy -- August 29, 2001
Judge Rejects Heir’s Attempt to Strip Name from School and Performance Company
Settlement Resolves Buffalo Real Estate Scam -- August 29, 2001
130 East Side Homeowners to Have Mortgages Reduced by 24%,Saving Total of $5.6 Million
Spitzer Statement on Clinic Access -- August 27, 2001
Settlement With Westchester Locksmith Provides Restitution To Customers, Ends Deceptive Practices -- August 27, 2001
Investigation Prompted by Complaints of Overcharges and Long Waits for Service
Staten Island Man Indicted for Illegal Dumping -- August 23, 2001 Company Allegedly Dumped Garbage in Vacant Lot
Largest Pesticide Penalty in State History Secured -- August 22, 2001 S.C. Johnson Fined for Illegally Distributing Unsafe Roach Baits
Spitzer Reaches Internet Privacy Agreement with Altavista -- August 21, 2001 Agreement Clarifies "Rules of the Road" for Internet Privacy Disclosures
Nurse's Aide Pleads Guilty in Assault Case Involving Elderly Patient at Montgomery County Nursing Home -- August 17, 2001
Judge Finds Harlem High School Defrauded Parents -- August 16, 2001
Hudson Valley Home Contractor Barred from Business -- August 16, 2001 Attorney General’s Office Obtains $46,000 in Refunds for Victims
Buffalo Landlord Agrees to Reforms in Handling Security Deposit -- August 16, 2001 Spitzer Pushes Legislation to Give Tenants Fairer Share
Computer Retailer Settles Service Contract Problem -- August 15, 2001
Spitzer Statement on Project Labor Agreements -- August 14, 2001
Spitzer Announces Indictment of New Jersey Man in $1 Million Real Estate Investment Scam -- August 14, 2001 "Guaranteed" Investors 30-70% Rate of Return While Portraying Himself as "HUD Real Estate Agent"
Nurse’s Aide Arrested For Placing Pillow Over Patient’s Face at Brooklyn Nursing Home -- August 14, 2001
Nurse Charged With Failing To Administer Morphine To Dying Patient at Rochester Nursing Home -- August 13, 2001 Slept During Shifts, Falsified Medical Chart To Cover Up Neglect
Spitzer Lawsuit Seeks To Rid Utica's Westside Of Drug Activity -- August 10, 2001 A.G.'s "Clean Sweep" Crackdown Targets Irresponsible Landlords
Eight Area Charities to Share in $160,000 Recovered by A.G.'s Office -- August 9, 2001
Nurse’s Aide Arrested For Sexually Abusing Elderly Patient at Oneida County Nursing Home -- August 9, 2001
Auto Dealers Agree to Reform Advertising Practices -- August 9, 2001 Statewide Investigation Reveals Pervasive Abuses of Truth-in-Advertising Laws
Attorney General Recovers $385,000 in Settlement With Jamestown Health Care Provider -- August 8, 2001
Nurse’s Aide at Long Island Nursing Home Arrested for Abusing Wheelchair-Bound Patient -- August 8, 2001
Bronx Doctor Charged With $360,000 Medicaid Theft -- August 8, 2001 Taxpayers Billed For "Phantom" Office Visits, Medically Unnecessary Prescriptions
Statement of NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Relaxing Enforcement of Federal Clean Air Act -- August 8, 2001
Spitzer-Daniels Announce Six Charged in City-Wide Sweep of Bogus Apartment Listing Firms -- August 8, 2001 Estimate That Thousands Paid for Non-Existent Apartment Listings
Nurse’s Aide Arrested for Abusing an Infirm Elderly Patient at Chenango County Nursing Home -- August 6, 2001
Statement By Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding a National Anti-Immigration Conference On Long Island -- August 3, 2001
Statement by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding the EPA Decision to Proceed with a Comprehensive Cleanup of the Hudson River -- August 1, 2001
July
Settlement with Telecom Company to End
Deceptive Sales Practices and Provide Rebates -- July 31, 2001 RCN Customers Complained of Slamming and Poor Service
Health Plan Agrees to Improve Pharmacy Complaint Process -- July 30, 2001 Blue Cross and Rite Aid Will Implement a New Program to Respond to Consumers
Nursing Homes Agree to Revise Admission Policies -- July 30, 2001 New Protections Sought Against "Third Party Guarantees" and Involuntary Discharges
Long Island Nurse Admits to Padding Work Hours In Home Health Care Fraud -- July 27, 2001 Billed Medicaid While On Vacation And For Days Not Worked
New York Joins Suit to Stop United/US Air Merger -- July 27, 2001
Health Plan to Compensate Consumers and Hospitals for Illegally Denied Claims -- July 26, 2001 Blue Cross to Review More Than 25,000 Emergency Room Claims
Statement By Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding The Pending Hudson River PCB Decision -- July 24, 2001
Spitzer to Fight Pending Niagara Mohawk Rate Requests -- July 24, 2001 A.G., in Effort to Help WNY Create Jobs, Says Area’s Competitiveness, Rate Payer Fairness at Issue
Corrections Officers Enter Pleas in No-Show Job Case -- July 24, 2001
Central NY Storage Company Agrees To Reform Practices -- July 24, 2001 Consumers Complained of Improper Billings, Delivery Problems
Attorney General Recovers $1.7 Million From 77 Hospitals Across the State for Medicaid Overbillings -- July 23, 2001 Hospitals and Hospices Each Billed For Treating Same Terminally Ill Patients
Spitzer Files Lawsuit Alleging Bid Rigging Conspiracy at Postage Stamp Auctions -- July 23, 2001 Defendants Carried Out Multi-Million Dollar Scheme For Nearly 20 Years
Spitzer Helps Strengthen The Election Process In Westchester County -- July 20, 2001 Urges Reforms Statewide to Ensure Full Participation and Fair Elections
Statement Regarding Contempt Conviction In Clinic Access Case -- July 20, 2001
Statement By Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding The Critical Need For An Improved Voting System In New York -- July 20, 2001
Race Track Tellers Named in Money Laundering Indictment -- July 19, 2001 Federal and State Authorities Continue Probe of Possible Criminal Activity
Spitzer Announces Settlement with Perry’s Ice Cream to End Odor Problems at Plant -- July 18, 2001 Neighbors had Complained for More Than a Decade
Nurse’s Aide Arrested For Abusing Elderly Patient At Western New York Nursing Home -- July 17, 2001
State Worker Charged In Massive Identity Theft Scam -- July 17, 2001 Insurance Fund Employee Pilfered Office Files and Used Stolen Identities to Obtain Goods
Owner of Long Island Medicaid Management Company Charged with Stealing $65,000 from Taxpayers -- July 16, 2001 Inflated Time Spent On Patients’ Cases, Faces Up To 15 Years In Prison
Monroe County Man Sentenced to Pay $77,000 in Tax Evasion Charge -- July 16, 2001 Brockport Chimney Business Owner Failed to Pay Sales Tax for Five Years
Nurse Pleads Guilty In Patient Abuse Case -- July 13, 2001 Admits Stealing Pain Medication Patch from Orange County Nursing Home Patient
Long Island Nurse Submits Phony Timesheets in $125,000 Home Health Care Fraud -- July 13, 2001
Falsely Billed Taxpayers For 2 Years Of Caring for Disabled Teenager
Capital District Home Contractors Plead Guilty To $1.1 Million Scheme That Targeted Elderly Consumers -- July 11, 2001
Spitzer Calls on PSC To Conduct Audit To Verify Accuracy of Verizon Service Reports -- July 11, 2001
Court Orders G.E. to Notify Consumers of Its Deceptive Practices -- July 10, 2001
Thousands of New Yorkers To Be Fully Compensated for Unnecessary Dishwasher Purchases
Investors Warned About Securities Scams -- July 10, 2001 Victims Targeted by Those They Know
Health Plan To Reimburse For Erroneous E.R. Claims -- July 09, 2001 GHI Health Plan Agrees to Compensate Consumers
Spitzer Statement on NIMO Rate Increase Request -- July 09, 2001
Spitzer Urges Congress to Eliminate Prohibition Against State and Local Tobacco Advertising Laws -- July 03, 2001 Attorney General and Advocates Say FEDs Should Not Hamper Local Efforts to Protect Children
States Call For Removal of Toxic Car Part-- July 02, 2001 Attorneys General Say Mercury Light Switches Pose Major Environmental Hazard
June
Spitzer Supports Vieques Lawsuit Seeking Compliance With Environmental Standards-- June 29, 2001 Enforcement Efforts Could End Bombing Exercises
Fed Ex Named in Religious Accommodation Suit-- June 28, 2001
Statement by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s "Circuit Breaker" Ruling-- June 28, 2001
Statement By Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding The Decision In The Microsoft Case-- June 28, 2001
Brooklyn Pharmacy Owner Charged With $1 Million+ "Phantom" Drug Scam-- June 27, 2001 Repays State $1.3 Million, Faces Up to 25 years in Prison
Company Fined for Damaging Residential Property-- June 26, 2001 Greene County Firm Pleads Guilty to Illegally Disposing of Asphalt
Spitzer Announces Application Process for $19 Million Fund Resulting From Vitamin Price-Fixing Case-- June 26, 2001 Programs Benefitting Health, Nutrition, Prenatal Care, and Farming Eligible
Convicted Psychologist Sentenced to Jail-- June 22, 2001
Failed to Repay Full Restitution to State in Schenectady Clinic Fraud Case
Nurse Admits to Patient Neglect at Long Island Nursing Home-- June 21, 2001
Withheld Medication From Elderly Heart Patient, Will Surrender Nursing License
Nurse and Aide Admit to Patient Mistreatment at Ontario County Nursing Home-- June 21, 2001
Settlement Aids First-Time Home Buyers-- June 20, 2001
"Totally Renovated" Homes Needed Extensive Repairs
Spitzer Statement on Energy Price Spikes-- June 19, 2001
States Sue to Reverse Bush Policy on Appliance Regs-- June 19, 2001
Spitzer Supports PSC Plan in Effort to Increase Competition for Local Telephone Service-- June 18, 2001
State Lawsuit Seeks Clean-Up of West Haverstraw Junkyard-- June 12, 2001
Nurse Who Was Arrested Twice for Patient Neglect at Area Nursing Homes Admits Guilt-- June 7, 2001
Withheld Medication and Treatment from Elderly Patients, Falsified Medical Charts
Statement By Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding Changes To The State’S Ticket Resale Law-- June 6, 2001
State Sues Air Force Over North Country Cleanup-- June 4, 2001
Waste Oil from Plattsburgh Air Force Base Polluted Soil and Water
Federal Court Upholds State Ban on Gasoline Additive-- June 1, 2001
Spitzer, Pataki Hail Decision on MTBE as Victory for Cleaner Water
May
Owner of Rockland County Transportation Company Admits to $500,000 Medicaid Fraud-- May 31, 2001 Billed Taxpayers for Hundreds of Nonexistent Trips
Used Car Dealership Sued For Fraud-- May 30, 2001
Spitzer’s Office Finds Altered Titles and False Sales Claims
Lawn Care Co. Misled Homeowners With Ad Campaign-- May 30, 2001
Central New York Pesticide Applicator Agrees to Pay $3,500 for Deceptive Practices
Seminars Highlight Living Trust Concerns-- May 29, 2001 A.G.’s Office To Educate Consumers Throughout the Southern Tier
Consumers Warned About Risky Internet Retailers-- May 25, 2001 Attorney General Investigates Rebate Programs and Other Sales Gimmicks
Ontario County Adult Home Administrator gets 6 Months in Jail for Stealing $60,000 from Residents and Facility-- May 25, 2001 Gave Husband "No-Show" Job, Used Corporate Credit Card to Buy Groceries for Family
Spitzer Announces Six Indicted in Nationwide, $25 Million ‘Rare’ Coin Boiler Room Scam -- May 24, 2001 Over 1,000 Victims, Seniors Targeted by Long Island Sales People Using High Pressure Tactics
Staten Island Doctor Caught In Undercover Sting For Selling Drug Prescriptions-- May 23, 2001
Would Sell Controlled Substance Prescriptions for $50 Each
Consumers to Receive Vouchers in Travel Agent Scam-- May 22, 2001
Attorney General Joins Purple Heart Campaign-- May 21, 2001 Urges Support for Issuance of Commemorative Stamp
Consumers Can Avoid Long Distance Internet Charges-- May 21, 2001 New York Internet Service Providers to Tell Consumers How to Avoid High Phone Bills
Public Works Contractor To Forfeit Profits-- May 21, 2001 Affliliate of LaCorte Company Forced to Repay State Contract Profits
Fifth Avenue Doctor Admits to $350,000 Medicaid Scam-- May 18, 2001 Double-Billed Taxpayers & Charged For Services After Clinic Closed Down
Statement by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding the Bush Administration’s Energy Plan-- May 17, 2001
EMS Director Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny-- May 17, 2001 Watervliet Man Stole $334,000 in State Funds
Companies Accused of Generic Drug Conspiracy-- May 14, 2001
Estimated That Conspiracy Cost Patients, Mostly Seniors, Additional $400 Per Year
Long Island Nurse Pads Work Hours In Home Health Care Fraud-- May 11, 2001
Bills Medicaid While On Vacation And For Days Not Worked
Harriman Commons Mall Developer Pays $30,000 Fine For Violating Environmental Law -- May 11, 2001
Guilty Plea in Woodbury Court for Construction Near Ramapo River
Queens Man Arrested In Real Estate License Scam-- May 10, 2001
Students Lured by Ads in Asian Newspapers Paid $400 for Worthless Broker’s Course
Manhattan Psychologist Admits Billing for Phantom Sessions-- May 10, 2001
Sees Undercover "Patient" Twice, Bills For Forty-Two Visits; Will Repay Taxpayers $127,000
Spitzer Statement on Auto Insurance Costs-- May 9, 2001
Nurse’s Aide Pleads Guilty in Case of Neglect and Cover-Up Involving 93-Year-Old Patient at Herkimer County Nursing Home-- May 9, 2001
Statewide Database Set to Combat Transient Home Repair Fraud-- May 9, 2001 Spitzer and State Police Step Up Efforts to Catch Thieves
New Interim Board for Hale House-- May 7, 2001 Prominent Community Leaders to Take Over Operations as Attorney General’s Investigation of Famed Harlem Charity Continues
Settlement Reorganizes Reader's Digest Funds-- May 4, 2001
Nurse Arrested a Second Time For Patient Neglect and Cover-Up at Nursing Home-- May 2, 2001
Nurse Charged With Patient Neglect and Cover-Up at Ontario County Nursing Home-- May 2, 2001
Spitzer Sues Greengroceries for Labor Abuses-- May 2, 2001 Lawsuit Seeks Back Wages for Exploited Workers
April
Brooklyn Joins AG’s Safe Schools Program-- April 27, 2001 Paul Robeson High School Selected for Students Against Violence Initiative
Spitzer Announces 36 Charged With Stealing $1.3 Million in Federal-State Disability Payments-- April 27, 2001 Many Were Members of Rings that Faked Mental Illness, Retardation to Receive Checks
Bronx Doctor Gets Six Months in Jail for Selling Prescriptions for Powerful Drugs-- April 27, 2001
Erie County Travel Agent Admits To Scam-- April 26, 2001 Spitzer’s Office Secures Felony Pleas on Behalf of 300 Victims
Security Company to Pay $10,000 in Refunds to New Yorkers-- April 25, 2001 Spitzer Raises "Alarm" About Automatic Contract Renewals
Shea Stadium Junkyards Indicted for Environmental Crimes-- April 25, 2001 Charged with Blatantly Violating Law by Dumping Motor oil, Antifreeze, Other Fluids Onto Ground and Into Water
Pyramid Scheme Sweeping Upstate New York-- April 24, 2001 Spitzer Warns Women Targeted by Investment Scam
Arthur Murray Dance Studios to Modify Business Practices-- April 24, 2001 Settlement Prohibits Studios from Collecting Large Up Front Payments
Phony Trust Fund Heir Sentenced to 5-15 Years for Investment Scam-- April 20, 2001
Cross Border Credit Card Scams Prey on NY Consumers-- April 20, 2001 Spitzer Sues Canadian Firms to Recover Funds for Hundreds of New Yorkers
Brooklyn Man Indicted for Contract Rigging-- April 20, 2001 Contractor Allegedly Submitted Fake Bids for Repairs at State-Run Group Homes
Former Medina Village Employee Pleads Guilty-- April 19, 2001 Retired Public Works Official Admits to Illegal Disposal of Solid Waste
Settlement Requires Disclosure of Web Traffic Measures-- April 19, 2001
Investment Adviser Pleads Guilty to Stealing $620,000 from Clients-- April 18, 2001 Used Money to Day Trade, Faces up to 9 Years in Prison for Scamming Investors
Comp-USA Settlement Requires Disclosure for Internet Sales-- April 16, 2001 Spitzer Finds Rebate Offers on Computer Products Came with a Hitch
Pre-Paid Phone Card Sweep Cleans up Deceptive Posters-- April 12, 2001 Spitzer Offers Tips in Buying Calling Cards
Central New York Drug Ring Broken-- April 12, 2001 Grand Jury Indicts Eleven Cortland County Residents
Spitzer to Investigate Labor Law Violations Against Day Laborers-- April 12, 2001 Legislature Urged to Override Veto Of Hiring Hall Measure In Farmingville
Nursing Home Official Convicted of Covering up Patient Abuse at Long Island Facility-- April 11, 2001 Tampered with Evidence in Death of Patient
Spitzer Announces $3.75 Million Resolution in Rockland Co. Environmental Pollution Case-- April 11, 2001 Money Paid by Two Companies will be used to Buy Parkland in Area
Rochester Energy Supplier To Honor Consumer Gas Supply Prices-- April 10,2001 Will Rescind Proposed 39% Rate Hike
Capital-Area Diagnostic And Treatment Center Admits To $350,000 Medicaid Fraud-- April 10, 2001 Makes Full Restitution To Taxpayers
Former Terminix Employee Pleads Guilty -- April 10, 2001 Falsification of Pesticide Application Records at Mineola Office Leads to Conviction of Employee
ATM Agreement to Help Low Income Families-- April 10, 2001
Agreement Promises Greater Access to Cash Benefits for Welfare Recipients
OAG Statement on Littauer Case-- April 6, 2001
Brooklyn Adult Care Provider Pleads Guilty in Nation’s Largest Criminal Medicaid Fraud Case-- April 6, 2001 Faces Jail Time, Will Repay $25 Million, Had Billed Taxpayers for Seniors’ Meals, Social Activities and Unneeded Transportation
Florida Energy
Supplier to Provide Consumers with Restitution and Pay $200,000 to Settle
Charges-- April 6, 2001
Will Pay for "Slamming" Practices and Deceptive Advertising
State to Receive
Half Billion Dollar Tobacco Payment-- April 5, 2001
Payment is $75 Million Larger Than Last Year’s Payment
Western New
York Home Builder Sentenced To Prison-- April 5, 2001
Spitzer Praises Tough Stand on Contractor Fraud
Court Declares
Rental Car Company’s Standard Contractual Clauses Illegal--
April 3, 2001
Spitzer Praises Decision and Vows to Continue Fight
for Consumer Restitution
Former H.R.A.
Official Indicted in $300,000 Welfare Housing Scam-- April
3, 2001
Charged Along With Two Others of Using Non-Profit Group
For the Poor as Front to Steal Welfare Housing Funds
A.G. and State
Police Obtain Conviction in Identity Theft Case-- April 3,
2001
Cayuga County Man Wrote Bad Checks, Opened Charge Accounts
Using Stolen Identities
Statement By
Attorney General Spitzer on Federal Court Ruling in Clean Air Case--
April 2, 2001
Settlement With
United Children’s Fund Permanently Bars Charity From Operating in NY--
April 2, 2001
A.G. Finds Only Four Percent of Money Raised Went to
Charitable Purposes
March
Spitzer Sues
Harlem High School For Fraud-- March 29, 2001
School Issued Fake Diplomas
Retailers Asked
to Remove Pesticide from Shelves-- March 29, 2001
Attorneys General Say "Why Wait" to Halt Sales of Toxic
Product
Conviction in
Hazardous Waste Dumping Case-- March 28, 2001
Greene County Businessman Dumped Paint in Protected
Watershed
Long Island
Pharmacy Owner Admits To "Phanton Drug" Scam-- March 27,
2001
Repays $88,000 to Taxpayers
Man Arraigned
in Queens on Charges of Assault and Unlicensed Practice of Dentistry--
March 23, 2001
Investigators Say Defendant Performed Root Canal on
Wrong Tooth of Patient
Steuben County
Man Sentenced to Pay $90,000 in Tax Evasion Case-- March
23, 2001
Liquor Store Owner Failed to Pay Sales Tax From 1994-98
Ontario County
Adult Home Administrator Admits To Stealing $60,000 From Residents And
Facility-- March 23, 2001
Faces Jail Time, Will Be Ordered to Make Full Restitution
to Victims
Mortgage Bank
Shut Down, to Make $1.1 Million in Restitution-- March 21,
2001
Thousands of Victims Taken in "Pre-Approved" Mortgage
Scam
Ulster County
Joins AG’s Safe Schools Program-- March 20, 2001
Poughkeepsie-Area High Schools Selected for Students
Against Violence Initiative
AG Offers Blueprint
For Increasing Energy Supply While Protecting Environment--
March 20, 2001
Spitzer to Convene Business and Environmental Leaders
to Solve New York’s Energy Problems
Felony Arraignment
for Illegal Garbage Dumping-- March 19, 2001
Clinton County Man Violated Waste Disposal Law After
Previous Conviction
Spitzer Sues
Tobacco Company for Violations of Tobacco Settlement Agreement--
March 19, 2001
Part of Nationwide Effort Against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company
Nurse’s Aide
Admits to Abusing 94-Year-Old Infirm Patient at Queens Nursing Home--
March 16, 2001
Nurse’s Aide
Caught on Camera Stealing Money from Nightstand of Buffalo Nursing Home
Patient-- March 15, 2001
Attorney General
Recovers $2.3 Million in Settlement with Long Island Substance Abuse
Treatment Center-- March 15, 2001
Inflated State Reimbursement Rate With Golf Junkets,
Tickets to Mets & Yankees Games
Bronx Zoo Agrees
to River Cleanup-- March 15, 2001
Settlement with State Creates ‘Bronx River Walk’ Trail
GM Massena Plant
Cited as Major Source of PCB Contamination-- March 15, 2001
Spitzer Joins St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in Calling For
Action
Manhattan Drug
Rehab Physician Arrested for Prescription Abuse-- March 14,
2001
Wrote and Filled Prescriptions for Medicaid Patients,
Then Kept and Used Drugs
Attorney General
Recovers $670,000 in Settlement with Ulster County Alcoholism Treatment
Center-- March 14, 2001
Registered Nurse
Pleads Guilty in Patient Abuse Case-- March 9, 2001
Admits Stealing Pain Medication Patch from Terminally
Ill Rensselaer Nursing Home Patient
Joint Release
with Department of Justice Regarding Boiler Room Stock Fraud Scheme--
March 8, 2001
Readers
Digest To Reform Deceptive Sweepstakes Mailings-- March 8,
2001
Westchester County Company to Make Refunds to 662 New
Yorkers
Nurse’s Aide
Arrested for Abusing Elderly Patient at Niagara County Nursing Home--
March 7, 2001
Bronx Doctor
Caught in Undercover Sting Admits to Selling Prescriptions for Powerful
Drugs-- March 7, 2001
Expected To Get Jail Time
Spitzer and
State Cemetery Board Announce Court Authorization of First Cypress Hills
Cemetery Lot Owners Meeting Since 1993-- March 7, 2001
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