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January 8, 2014

106 Indicted in $21.4 Million New York Disability Fraud Scheme

An indictment unsealed on Monday by the Manhattan district attorney’s office charges 106 people, four of whom are accused of fraud in a scheme involving Social Security disability payments.

Many of the 72 city police officers and eight firefighters named in the 205-count indictment had blamed the Sept. 11 attacks for what they described as mental problems: post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and severe depression.

Several of the defendants documented their activities on Facebook. The bail letter includes photographs culled from the Internet that show one former officer riding a water scooter and others working at jobs including helicopter pilot and martial arts instructor. One is shown fishing off the coast of Costa Rica and another sitting astride a motorcycle, while another appeared in a television news story selling cannoli at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan.

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