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A former Amityville pediatric nurse was fined $544,000—the largest civil penalty in New York State Department of Health history—for submitting hundreds of falsified vaccination records for 162 students, including COVID-19 and other vaccines. Prosecutors say she forged records to launder funds used to pay her mortgage; she surrendered her nursing license, is on five years of probation, and must forfeit about $1.2 million.
A Long Island midwife, Jeanette Breen, falsified vaccine records for 1,500 school-aged children by giving them homeopathic oral pellets instead of required vaccinations, resulting in a $300,000 fine from New York State's Department of Health. The scheme began after New York ended religious exemptions for immunizations, and the midwife administered the pellets as a substitute for vaccines against diseases such as hepatitis, diphtheria, polio, and measles. The children with falsified records attend various schools, and the midwife has been prohibited from administering vaccines or participating in schemes to misrepresent vaccination records.
Jeanette Breen, a licensed midwife in Nassau County, has been fined $300,000 by the state Department of Health for falsifying vaccination records for nearly 1,500 children by administering unauthorized oral pellets and falsely claiming they were immunized. The children's records have been voided, and they must show proof of up-to-date vaccinations before returning to school. Breen admitted to falsely stating that the children received various vaccines and agreed to the fine as part of a stipulation. This incident has raised concerns about public health and the integrity of the immunization system.
Former Biglaw partner, John Roesser, has pleaded guilty to making false statements and submitting falsified records in his personal bankruptcy case. Roesser, who had a substantial income and tax obligations of over $3.8 million, allegedly failed to pay his taxes and resigned from the New York bar after misappropriating client funds. He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and falsely claimed he was about to receive $10 million to pay his tax debts. Roesser now faces up to five years in prison and will be sentenced in January.