NY-AG v. Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, Efraim Steif, and Uri Koenig allegedly received millions of dollars of taxpayer funds meant for resident care, leaving the nursing home severely understaffed; residents suffered in unsafe conditions, leading to hospitalizations, deaths, and significant trauma; and Van Duyn's owners withdrew tens of millions of dollars for themselves by taking out a mortgage on Van Duyn's property and charging the nursing home fraudulently inflated rental payments, resulting in fewer resources available to adequately staff and maintain the facility. According to NY-AG, Steif and Koenig transferred over $2 million to themselves over the same period by fraudulently paying themselves salaries for work, at least some of which they never performed.

Summary generated from official New York Attorney General press release