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CT Man Who Ripped Off Medicaid While Employed With Police Avoids Jail CT Man Who Ripped Off Medicaid While Employed With Police Avoids Jail
CT Man Who Ripped Off Medicaid While Employed With Police Avoids Jail A Fairfield County man who was working as a police officer has avoided jail for Medicaid fraud but must repay monies stolen. Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin Friday, said on Friday, Jan. 5 that  Michael Mastronardi, age 49, of Shelton, was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to one count of cruelty to persons. In addition, he was ordered to pay $57,278.24 in restitution to the Department of Social Services to reimburse the Medicaid program. An investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit determined that between August 2014 and April 2019, Ma…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Accused Of Ripping Off Medicaid For $80K CT Man Accused Of Ripping Off Medicaid For $80K
CT Man Accused Of Ripping Off Medicaid For $80K A Fairfield County man was charged with allegedly submitting fraudulent claims to the government for services that were not rendered. Andrew R. Golden, age 55, of New Canaan, was arrested Monday, Dec. 18, by inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State's Attorney. He was charged with larceny by defrauding a public community and health insurance fraud. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Golden is a licensed professional counselor, listed as an individual practitioner and owner of a Stamford practice.  Between January 2020 and July 2022, Gold…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Woman Steals $127K From Care4Kids Program, State Attorney Says CT Woman Steals $127K From Care4Kids Program, State Attorney Says
CT Woman Steals $127K From Care4Kids Program, State Attorney Says A Connecticut woman has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $127,000 from Care4Kids, a childcare program financed by the state Department of Social Services. Xiomy Auqui De La Cruz, age 28, of Hartford, was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 3, by inspectors from the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney on a warrant and charged with larceny. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Auqui De La Cruz operates a home daycare called So Cute Daycare 1 in Hartford and owns the business. In January 2023, the Office of Early Childhood received a complaint a…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Pair Of Manchester Women Charged With Scamming Public Assistance Program Pair Of Manchester Women Charged With Scamming Public Assistance Program
Pair Of Manchester Women Charged With Scamming Public Assistance Program Two Connecticut women have been arrested and charged, in unrelated incidents, with stealing a combined $26,616 from a program financed by the state Department of Social Services. Hartford County residents Amy Figueroa, age 30, and Tarina Martin, age 32, both of Manchester, were arrested by inspectors from the Chief State's Attorney's Office on separate warrants charging both women with larceny. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Figueroa received $21,691 in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that she was not entitled to receive from December 2017 to F…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Lamont Announces Number Of Afghan Refugees Who Will Resettle In CT Lamont Announces Number Of Afghan Refugees Who Will Resettle In CT
Lamont Announces Number Of Afghan Refugees Who Will Resettle In CT Hundreds of Afghan refugees will soon call Connecticut home as Gov. Ned Lamont gets ready to welcome them into the Nutmeg State. Lamont said that the State Department of Social Services will work with federal, state, and local officials to ensure that resources are properly allocated and municipalities have the support needed as 310 refugees make their way stateside. 
“I welcome these individuals with open arms into our wonderful state,” the governor said. "It is our obligation and our duty to ensure these Afghan refugees feel welcome in our state, and we will work to ensure they have ever…

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by Zak Failla
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Lamont Replaces CT Health Commissioner Amid Pandemic Lamont Replaces CT Health Commissioner Amid Pandemic
Lamont Replaces CT Health Commissioner Amid Pandemic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is replacing the state’s public health commissioner amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Renee Coleman-Mitchell has been fired due to multiple mistakes in her office dating back to last year, state officials said on Tuesday, May 12. In her place, Lamont announced that he is appointing Department of Social Services Commissioner Deidre Gifford to serve as the acting commissioner of the Department of Public Health, effective as of Tuesday. Coleman-Mitchell first joined the Department of Health in 1986, serving in various roles until 1994, before returnin…

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by Zak Failla