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DA: 10 arrested in Medicaid, welfare fraud

Originally published: October 18, 2011 3:39 PM
Updated: October 18, 2011 11:40 PM
By ANN GIVENS  ann.givens@newsday.com

A Massapequa couple who prosecutors say hid the fact that they owned a mortgage company, a second home in Suffolk County and a co-op in Florida so they could collect more than $167,000 in public assistance benefits were among 10 people arrested in a welfare fraud sweep.

Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice, who made the arrests beginning in September as part of a joint investigation with...

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