New York AG James is suing the owners of a Long Island nursing home, alleging “years of financial fraud” leading to the diversion of more than $22 million in funds that starved the facility of resources.
Steve Pfost / Newsday via Getty ImagesNew York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the owners of a Long Island nursing home who also have stakes of dozens of other facilities nationwide. It is the third suit she has filed in six weeks alleging financial fraud and abuse of nursing home residents.
“Cold Spring Hills’ owners put profits over patient care and left vulnerable New Yorkers to live in heartbreaking and inhumane conditions,” saidThe facility is owned in part by Bent Philipson, who also has an ownership stake in 68 nationwide, and Benjamin Landa, who also has an ownership stake in at least 100 other facilities, according to investigators at the AG’s office.Among other allegations, the lawsuit states that one resident was at the facility for five months and received just three showers.
One of the previous lawsuits targeted Fulton Commons Nursing Home in East Meadows, N.Y. The owner, Moshe Kalter, did not respond to a request for comment. The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center in Albion, N.Y., was sued by the attorney general at the end of November. The company is owned in part by Bernard Fuchs, who did not respond for a request for comment. A hearing is scheduled for the end of January.
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