Eunice Ting, Making False Statements, New York 2020

ALBANY, NEW YORK – A 69-year-old woman from Watervliet, New York, was sentenced for making false statements to obtain benefits.

Eunice Ting, 69, of Watervliet, was sentenced on Friday to 1 year of probation, to pay a $10,000 fine, and to pay full restitution for making a false statement to obtain benefits from the United States Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs.

Between December 2013, and March 2020, Ting submitted hundreds of materially false and fraudulent forms to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs seeking reimbursement for travel she did not do.

Specifically, she falsely claimed workers’ compensation benefits for medically related travel to and from a local YMCA for purported “aquatic therapy” when she had not received any such therapy and did not travel to the YMCA as claimed.

She received a total of $26,983 from the Department of Labor because of her fraudulent submissions. Senior United States District Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. ordered Ting to pay $26,983 in restitution, which Ting paid at sentencing.

USPS-OIG investigated this case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Wentworth-Ping prosecuted it.

MANDATORY FACTS – EVERY article MUST include ALL: 1. Defendant/respondent REAL full name or legal entity name (from source, never invented) – Eunice Ting. 2. Exact criminal charges – Making false statements. 3. City and state – Albany, New York. 4. EXACT DATE with month/day/year (sentencing, arrest, or crime date) – 2020. 5. Sentence or outcome – 1 year of probation, $10,000 fine, and full restitution. 6. Dollar amounts where applicable – $10,000, $26,983.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/watervliet-woman-sentenced-making-false-statements