Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who handled the case, stated that Harnas created fake invoices for dental services that were never provided to him. The defendant then used the invoices to support false claims for reimbursement from the Local 267 Insurance Fund. Harnas also assisted others, including Jared Stevens, Gregory Haller and others who were involved in the scheme, by providing them with fake invoices. In total, Harnas and his co-conspirators fraudulently induced the Local 267 Insurance Fund to pay them $49,502.51 using this scheme.
Jared Stevens and Gregory Haller have been convicted and are awaiting sentencing.
The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation by Special Agents of the United States Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Garcia of the New York Regional Office, and the New York State Department of Financial Services, Frauds Bureau, under the direction of Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
