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Officials: Ex-NYPD, FDNY workers charged in massive disability fraud scam

Officials say dozens of NYPD officers and FDNY firefighters were arrested today in a massive disability fraud scam. Prosecutors have charged 106 suspects in the alleged scam. Authorities say half

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Jan 7, 2014, 10:39 PM

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