BALESTRIERE DIRECTS INVESTIGATION INTO INSURANCE FRAUD RESULTING IN NUMBER OF ARRESTS

John Balestriere, as an Assistant Attorney general, lead a team in the investigations of various types of auto insurance fraud that secured the arrest and conviction of a dozen people. These investigations, coupled with others led by other assistant attorneys general, represented the birth of the Auto Insurance Fraud Unit in the New York State Attorney General's Office and the first significant foray into the complex and growing field of auto insurance fraud by any law enforcement agency in the New York area.

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