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Thousands Of NY Inmates Wrongly Punished Over Faulty Drug Testing, Report Finds Thousands Of NY Inmates Wrongly Punished Over Faulty Drug Testing, Report Finds
Thousands Of NY Inmates Wrongly Punished Over Faulty Drug Testing, Report Finds Solitary confinement, delays in parole eligibility, and suspended family visits were imposed on thousands of New York prison inmates over faulty drug testing. A report by the New York State Inspector General released Thursday, Nov. 30, found that over 2,000 inmates were wrongly punished between 2016 and 2020 due to defects in both the manufacturing and administration of drug tests. The tests, made by Sirchie Finger Print Laboratories, were used by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to detect drugs in prison contraband. Click here to read the full report by th…

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$1M Fraud: Chiropractor On Long Island Gets Prison After Billing For Ghost Services $1M Fraud: Chiropractor On Long Island Gets Prison After Billing For Ghost Services
$1M Fraud: Chiropractor On Long Island Gets Prison After Billing For Ghost Services A Long Island chiropractor will spend time in federal prison after fraudulently obtaining nearly $1 million in insurance payouts for services that were never provided. Peter Adamczack, age 66, of Huntington, was sentenced to one year and a day behind bars in federal court in Central Islip on Monday, July 31. It came one year after he pleaded guilty to health care fraud in August 2022, admitting that he billed a private insurance company over $1 million for acupuncture services that were never performed at his East Meadow office. Earlier Report: Huntington Chiropractor Admits To $1 M…

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State Mishandled Domestic Violence Case Before Worker's Murder, Investigation Finds State Mishandled Domestic Violence Case Before Worker's Murder, Investigation Finds
State Mishandled Domestic Violence Case Before Worker's Murder, Investigation Finds State agencies failed to follow their own domestic violence policies before a state worker was murdered, according to a new report from the New York State Inspector General’s office. Speaking at the state’s Crime Victims Memorial Thursday, April 28, Inspector General Lucy Lang said when the victim reached out for help, “it fell on deaf ears.” The woman, an employee with the state Office of Information Technology Services in Albany, was killed in September 2020 by her husband, a former worker at the state Office of General Services, before he took his own life, Lang said. According to …

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