Former DOT Employee to Pay Restitution for Double Dipping

A former New York state worker must pay $9,940.49 in restitution and serve three years of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of workers' compensation fraud, the state attorney general's office said. Corey Cragnolin of Rochester resigned from his position with the state Department of Transportation as a condition of his plea agreement, according to a press release from Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's office. Cragnolin pleaded guilty on Nov. 4 to the charge of Attempted Fraudulent Practices. Prosecutors say Cragnolin falsified documents submitted to the...