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Major Case Unit
John Dormin Michelle Martone Executive Director Associate Investigator Office of Special investigations Office of Special Investigations(518) 457-7012 (518) 457-0206
Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Colleen C. Gardner, Commissioner
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Personal Personal Background:Background: 24 years with NYS Labor Investigation Experience:
• Wage and Hour Crimes
• Internal Misconduct
• Unemployment/Misclassified Workers
Managed New Hire Investigations Established Major Case Unit
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Statewide investigation of complex fraud schemes
Data mining tool development
Analysis of large groups of data
Work directly with law enforcement and prosecutors
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2011 Statistics (Staff of 3):
$3.8 million overpayments/millions saved
15 arrests
18 convictions
4 search warrants
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Internet Protocol (IP):• Storage effective Dec 2010
• 5+ claims filed in one hour
• 5+ weekly certifications in one hour
• Detection of linked claims
• Foreign IP blocks
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“HOT” Phone Numbers• VCC/Tel-service calls
Direct Deposit (DD) Accounts
• 3+ claims linked to same DD Account
• Query DD account to find links
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Claimant Dashboard
Employer Dashboard
Wages Reported by ER Historical Wage Data Mass Fraud Detection
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Claimant Dashboard
Ability to query single data fields
Provides comprehensive data
analysis
Efficiency vs. “Claimant Locator”
Hotline Tip Assistance
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Employer Dashboard
Corporate Officer Detection
Address Analysis
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Employer Dashboard
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Wages Reported by ER#Sort Options: Name or SSN
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Mass Fraud (detects those who return to work for base period ER
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Ledger Payments and Wages Associated with Same Employer
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Search by Phone Number
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IP Queries
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Query run by Social Security Number
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Query run by IP Address
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Parking & Security Services IncParking & Security Services Inc Joint case with USDOL-OIG/Manhattan
DA Large scale ID theft/UI fraud ring Utilized television and movie production
sets to “work” SS#s and then file UI claims
Ringleader’s side business employed “workers” off the books while on UI
Resulted in 10 convictions
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Haverstraw/Dominican Republic Haverstraw/Dominican Republic ScamScam
Search warrant resulted in 30 debit cards seized
Over 100 claimants living out of country and receiving wired UI funds
Conviction of 3 defendants
Resulted in Operation 809/Foreign IP discovery
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DD-214 FRAUD CASESDD-214 FRAUD CASES Joint cases with USDOL/DOD-OIG
NC/SC ex-cons filed 35 false UI claims $145,000 in 5 states (NY,NJ,NC,VT,TX)
Queens ex-Marine filed 7 false claims $75,000 theft
IP Query detection success
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Fictitious Employer/False UI Claim Fictitious Employer/False UI Claim ScamScam
Joint case with USDOL-OIG
Creation of 3 fictitious businesses
Filing of 38 false UI claims totaling $278,000
Prosecuted by US Attorney- Southern District
2 convicted and will serve 24-36 months
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BROOKLYN ID THEFT CASESBROOKLYN ID THEFT CASES
H & R Block employee stole ID’s and used to file 8 fraudulent UI claims
• Early detection and loss was only $7,500• Successful IP/phone number/address dumps
Brooklyn resident filed 9 false UI claims
utilizing close family member’s IDs
• $78,000 in stolen UI pending prosecution
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Queens area phishing/UI fraud caseQueens area phishing/UI fraud case
“Phisher’s” phone number referred from Maine DOL
Phone number also found in NYSDOL query linked to active UI claim
UI/ER fraud detected and pending referral to USDOL
Albert Weathers Albert Weathers
Niagara Falls state employee certifying for prisoner IP address detection contributed to success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwQTHOcoSjU&feature=youtu.be
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Sweep casesSweep cases Ability to query specific employer wages vs.
claims
Over 2.5 million dollars in claimant fraud detected from 3 employers
Federal employee wagesFederal employee wages Over $400,000 in USPS cases (pending)
NDNH files contain data used to query
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New York State Major Case UnitNew York State Major Case Unit
Contact Info:
Michelle Martone M C U Supervisor/Associate Investigator
Office of Special Investigations (518) 457-0206
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