Brooklyn DAs office creates new Frauds Bureau

April 14, 2014 Heather Chin

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Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson has created a new Frauds Bureau to investigate and prosecute all forms of fraudincluding embezzlement, investment fraud and insurance fraudin Brooklyn.

The new bureau will be led by newly appointed Chief Felice Sontupe, formerly of the New York State attorney generals office where she served as section chief of the Labor Bureau and deputy chief in the Medicaid Fraud Bureau.

In that position, Sontupe oversaw cases related to auto insurance, mortgages, social security disability claims, and unlicensed healthcare practitioners.