The Attorney General cracked down on businesses that conspired to rig bids for state contracts working on underground storage tanks. Settlements were reached with firms that admitted their wrongdoing while the court has ordered the other defendants to pay for conspiring to cheat taxpayers.

Rooting out Medicaid fraud

The Attorney General’s Medicaid fraud investigators have set a new record for criminal convictions and money recovered in 2003. The Medicaid fraud unit won 31 criminal convictions and 22 civil settlements, and recovered more than $14 million from Medicaid abusers. The work stops big drug companies and health care providers from bilking the system, which saves money for taxpayers and provides better care for the elderly.

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