Brooklyn DA’s office creates new Frauds Bureau

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson has created a new Frauds Bureau to investigate and prosecute all forms of fraud—including embezzlement, investment fraud and insurance fraud—in Brooklyn.

The new bureau will be led by newly appointed Chief Felice Sontupe, formerly of the New York State attorney general’s office where she served as section chief of the Labor Bureau and deputy chief in the Medicaid Fraud Bureau.

In that position, Sontupe oversaw cases related to auto insurance, mortgages, social security disability claims, and unlicensed healthcare practitioners.