Only 80?
Via Newsday
Four Nassau County men are accused of organizing a Social Security disability scheme that prompted 80 retired New York City firefighters and police officers to lie about their mental conditions and fake symptoms to obtain benefits to which they were not entitled, Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said the decades-long investigation had turned up hundreds of millions of dollars of fraudulently paid benefits.
“For years, federal taxpayers have unwittingly financed the lifestyles of the defendants charged today,” Vance said in a statement.
HT BB