​NYPD retirees claimed 9/11 trauma to defraud disability program of millions - prosecutor — RT USA

​Over 100 retirees, most of them former New York City Police Department employees, were charged Tuesday with defrauding a federal disability program of tens of millions of dollars in a wide-ranging swindle that officials say implicates hundreds more.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said an indictment was filed Tuesday against 106 defendants, including 80 police and fire department retirees and four individuals alleged to have masterminded plans for others to improperly access benefits.

Prosecutors revealed the results of a decades-long investigation that had turned up hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulently-paid benefits through the federal Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (SSDI) program.

Many defendants lied about having post-traumatic stress disorder or depression from the attacks of September 11, 2001, authorities said.

NYPD retirees claimed 9/11 trauma to defraud disability program of millions - prosecutor — RT USA