Utica Surgeon Indicted on New Charges

A Utica orthopedic surgeon has been re-indicted on workers’ compensation fraud charges and now is accused of bilking the system out of more than $50,000. Dr. Gregory B. Shankman, 70, was charged with second-degree grand larceny, fourth-degree grand larceny and 21 counts of offering a false instrument for filing, all felonies, for allegedly claiming he was at patient exams when in fact he was near Buffalo, out of state and traveling in Iceland. The state Inspector General's office issued a press release, here. The indictment supersedes charges levied last August, when Shankman...