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Hamptons property owner accused of Medicaid fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — Nineteen people were charged Thursday with defrauding Medicaid, including one who owns properties in Long Island's pricey Hamptons and another who owns two Manhattan buildings.

Also indicted in the case investigators dubbed "Operation Free Ride" was an art instructor with $1 million in the bank, prosecutors said.

The defendants collected benefits totaling more than $350,000,...

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