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NY District Attorney’s office cracks $400 Million 9/11 disability fraud – 80 NYPD and FDNY busted
80 former NYPD and FDNY police and fire fighters have been busted for scamming $40 million in a mental-health disability scheme in NYC.
NYPD, FDNY members cashed in on bogus 9/11 woes as part of massive $400M Social Security fraud: prosecutor
Dozens of former cops and firefighters claiming 9/11 trauma were among the 106 indicted for gaming the Social Security disability system to take early retirement and leech off the taxpayers, authorities said.
FDNY, NYPD retirees who ‘faked 9/11 illnesses in scam’ not too sick to have fun
Eighty greedy NYPD and FDNY retirees, whose departments suffered devastating losses on 9/11, collected millions of dollars in disability-pension benefits by pretending they were at Ground Zero and suffered emotional trauma, authorities said Tuesday.
9/11 Disability Fraud: NYC First Responders, Doctors Accused Of Faking Illnesses Stemming From 2001 Terrorist Attacks
Over 100 former New York City police officers, firefighters, and other first responders are accused of faking illnesses related to the terrorist attacks that killed thousands on Sept. 11, 2001.
Charges for 106 in Huge Fraud Over Disability
The retired New York City police officers and firefighters showed up for their psychiatric exams disheveled and disoriented, most following a nearly identical script.
9/11 Hero Suffering PTSD Says NYPD Won’t Give Him Disability Pay
A decorated police officer whose heroics on 9/11 saved countless lives but left him an emotional wreck says the NYPD is stiffing him out of retirement money.
Governor Cuomo Announces Significant new Protections for World Trade Center Workers
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced World Trade Center workers who performed rescue, recovery and clean-up in the year after 9/11 now have significant new protections for workers’ compensation benefits.
Firefighting Technology: 9/11 Kidney Study, DHS Compliance Assessment
Research presented at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals that exposure to high levels of particulate matter causes significant damage to first responders’ kidneys.
Wait for Medical Relief Drags on for Last of Ground Zero Victims
More than twelve years after the attack on the World Trade Center, thousands of people who inhaled toxic air at the site of Ground Zero are still awaiting government help for the medical problems they’ve since suffered.
9/11 asbestos crews share fear of health coverage running out
A few days after the Twin Towers fell, Marcos Segura was at Ground Zero — one of more than 2,300 asbestos workers called in to remove the toxic dust blown into surrounding buildings.