{"id":102820,"date":"2016-08-02T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T19:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=102820"},"modified":"2016-08-02T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T19:41:08","slug":"fbi-destroys-evidence-linked-to-medicare-fraud-among-orthodox-jewish-community-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=102820","title":{"rendered":"FBI destroys evidence linked to Medicare fraud among Orthodox Jewish community in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

JPOST 2015<\/a>: The FBI destroyed records indicating potential Medicaid fraud among haredi Orthodox Jews in upstate New York\u2019s Orange County because they came from an unauthorized investigation.<\/p>\n

Justin Rodriguez, a spokesman for Orange County, told MidHudson News on Tuesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had destroyed materials submitted by a county social services employee, Nicole Latreille.<\/p>\n

Latreille filed a lawsuit last month against the county alleging that she was penalized for being a whistleblower after reporting evidence of $40 million in fraud among residents of Kiryas Joel, a predominantly Hasidic village inside the town of Monroe. <\/p>\n

Rodriguez said Latreille was suspended temporarily and given a lateral assignment for using county computers and restricted databases \u201cnot pursuant to her official duties, but as a private citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Latreille\u2019s allegations, Rodriguez said, \u201cwhile populist, are not legally tenable and in fact may have compromised ongoing investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Rodriguez, the FBI informed the county that it had destroyed the materials sent by Latreille earlier this year \u201cdue to the improprieties associated with the manner in which the information was obtained.\u201d The bureau said the information was not used in any criminal investigation or prosecution.<\/p>\n

Latreille\u2019s complaint suggests that she was punished because her investigation \u201crevealed corruption by persons associated with political allies\u201d of County Executive Steve Neuhaus in Kiryas Joel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JPOST 2015: The FBI destroyed records indicating potential Medicaid fraud among haredi Orthodox Jews in upstate New York\u2019s Orange County because they came from an unauthorized investigation. Justin Rodriguez, a spokesman for Orange County, told MidHudson News on Tuesday that … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2603],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fraud"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t