USA v. CONSTANTINE

  1. December 09, 2022

    Key Witness In $31M Scam Trial Forgets Details During Cross

    A disgraced former New York City chiropractor testified in granular detail as he implicated a lawyer and doctor accused of helping him run a $31 million injury scam, but his memory came up consistently short Friday as he endured a grueling cross-examination.

  2. November 30, 2022

    Injury Faker Testifies She Lied To Doc Charged In $31M Scam

    A New York City woman tearfully told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday that she purposefully flopped on a sidewalk grate, then lied to a doctor charged with performing an unnecessary surgery on her in a $31 million personal injury scam.

  3. November 29, 2022

    Atty Charged In $31M Scam Tells Jury He's Getting A 'Bad Rap'

    A New York injury lawyer charged with fueling a $31 million trip-and-fall scam by filing fake suits for clients who staged accidents argued to a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that he thought the claims were real, saying his practice gets a "bad rap."

  4. October 24, 2022

    Queens Lawyer Pleads Out Of $31M Trip-And-Fall Fraud Probe

    A Queens personal injury lawyer admitted Monday to inking $1.5 million worth of insurance settlements for clients he knew had undergone unnecessary medical procedures, avoiding an upcoming trial in the Manhattan U.S. attorney's $31 million fraud takedown.

  5. October 04, 2022

    Doc Says SDNY Judge Showed Bias In $30M Injury Scam Case

    A New York doctor charged with conducting unnecessary surgeries in a $30 million trip-and-fall fraud scheme asked a Manhattan federal judge to remove himself from the case Tuesday, saying the judge's string of scathing comments shows he has "prejudged" the outcome.

  6. September 30, 2022

    NY Doctor Cops To Role In Trip-And-Fall Litigation Scam

    A New York doctor has pled guilty to his role in an alleged conspiracy in which a group of lawyers and doctors instructed patients to stage falls and receive unnecessary medical procedures to support fraudulent legal claims.

  7. August 30, 2022

    NYC Litigation Funder Admits Bankrolling Trip-And-Fall Scam

    A New York City financier told a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday that he funded a large litigation settlement scam that bilked insurers by having people stage falls to get unnecessary medical care, calling his conduct "beyond stupid" at his guilty plea.

  8. January 03, 2022

    New York Cases To Watch In 2022

    The coming year's highest-profile cases developing in New York courts include a foreign-lobbying probe of Rudy Giuliani, an "espionage lite" indictment targeting real estate billionaire and fellow Trump supporter Thomas Barrack, and possible criminal groping charges against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

  9. October 21, 2021

    NY Litigation Financier Charged In $31M Trip-And-Fall Scheme

    A Manhattan litigation financier has been charged with bankrolling a $31 million trip-and-fall fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary surgeries on indigent New Yorkers, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.