How to Report Fraud in New York

To report fraud in New York, NYC to Albany, contact the Attorney General, the Better Business Bureau or one of the local, state or Federal agencies listed.

New York Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General: Eric T. Schneiderman

The Capitol

Albany, NY 12224-0341

Complaint Forms

Fraud Hotlines

General Helpline: 1-800-771-7755

Health Care Hotline: 1-800-428-9071

Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 212-417-5397

For the Hearing Impaired: 1-800-788-9898

Immigration Fraud Hotline: 212-416-6149

Insurance Fraud: 1-888-FRAUD-NY (1-888-372-8369)

Report Welfare Fraud in New York

Nassau County

Hotline: 516-227-8526 (24 hours, 7 days a week)

Write to:

Nassau County Department of Social Services

Special Investigations

60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.

Uniondale, NY 11553-3656

Broome County

Welfare Fraud Hotline – 607.778.2519

Chemung County

Fraud Hotline: 607-737-5375

Mailing Address – Chemung County Department of Human Services

Special Investigations Unit

PO Box 588

Elmira, NY 14902-0588

Chautauqua County

Fraud Hotline – 1-800-388-5365

Email – [email protected]

Erie County

Fraud Hotline: 716-858-1886

Fax: 716-858-1769

Email: [email protected]

FBI Field Offices, Mortgage Fraud

White Collar Crime Supervisor

http://albany.fbi.gov/

200 McCarty Avenue

Albany, NY 12209-2095

Phone: 518-465-7551

White Collar Crime Supervisor

http://buffalo.fbi.gov/

One FBI Plaza

Buffalo, NY 14202-2698

Phone: 716-856-7800

White Collar Crime Supervisor

http://newyork.fbi.gov/

26 Federal Plaza, 23rd Floor

New York, NY 10278-0004

Phone: 212-384-1000

New York State Consumer Protection Board

5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2101

Albany, New York 12223-1556

Phone: 800-697-1220

HUD Field Offices

Albany Field Office

52 Corporate Circle

Albany, NY 12203-5121

Phone: 518-464-4200

Fax: 518-464-4300

Buffalo Field Office

Lafayette Court

465 Main Street, 2nd Floor

Buffalo, NY 14203-1780

Phone: 716-551-5755

Fax: 716-551-5752

Syracuse Field Office

128 E. Jefferson Street

Syracuse, NY 13202

Phone: 315-477-0616

Fax: 315-477-0196

HUD Regional Office

New York Regional Office

26 Federal Plaza, Suite 3541

New York, NY 10278-0068

Phone: 212-264-8000

Fax: 212-264-3068

New York Banking Department

Mortgage Banking Division

2 Rector Street

New York, NY 10006

Toll-Free: 800-334-3360

Phone: 212-618-6634

Fax: 212-618-6570

Nationally Chartered Credit Union

Region 1 – Albany

http://www.ncua.gov/AboutNcua/org/Region1.htm

9 Washington Square

Washington Avenue Extension

Albany, NY 12205

Phone: 518-862-7400

Fax: 518-862-7420

State-Chartered Credit Unions

New York State Banking Department

Two Rector Street, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10006-1894

Phone: 212-618-6496

Fax: 212-618-6925

Savings & Loan Association or Savings Bank

Office of Thrift Supervision

Consumer Complaints and Inquiries

Email: [email protected]

Harborside Financial Center Plaza Five

Suite 1600

Jersey City, New Jersey 07311

Phone: 201-413-1000

Complaints: 800-842-6929

National Fair Housing Alliance

http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/

National Contact: Email: [email protected]

1212 New York Avenue, NW Ste 525

Washington, DC 2005

Phone: 202-898-1661

Fax: 202-371-9744

New York State Licensing

Real Estate Broker/Salespersons Division

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lcns/realest.html

84 Holland Avenue

Albany, NY 12208-3490

Phone: 518-474-4429

Real Estate Appraiser Division

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lcns/realestate/index.html

84 Holland Avenue

Albany, NY 12208-3490

Phone: 518-474-4429

New York Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Better Business Bureau of Long Island

http://www.newyork.bbb.org

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 212-533-6200

Fax: 516-420-1095

399 Conklin Street

Farmingdale NY 11735

Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York

http://www.newyork.bbb.org

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 212-533-6200

Fax: 212-477-4912

257 Park Avenue South

New York NY 10010-7384

Better Business Bureau of the Mid-Hudson

http://www.newyork.bbb.org

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 212-533-6200

Fax: 914-333-7519

150 White Plains Road, Ste. 107

Tarrytown NY 10591-5521

Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York

http://upstateny.bbb.org

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 716-881-5222

Fax: 716-883-5349

741 Delaware Ave., Ste. 100

Buffalo NY 14209-2201

Internet Crime Complaint Center

IC3’s mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding
the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and
easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations.
For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3
provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes.

Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) system in the U.S. extends across the nation; coast-to-coast, and in
Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. Since the founding of the first BBB in 1912, the BBB system has proven
that the majority of marketplace problems can be solved fairly through the use of voluntary self-regulation
and consumer education.

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Michael
7 years ago

This is a great tool my family is a victim of mortgage fraud, by Wells Fargo and their Attorney’s manufacturing fraudulent documents,

NI hole manchester
6 years ago

I have a few concerns about an individual if you could help me out and point me where I should be reporting this. These people I know are not together,she lives upstairs in their house with the kids and the husband lives downstairs with his boyfriend. He gets a settlement every month as long as he is alive, taxes have already been taken out of it but don’t they still have to claim that as a source of income when she is applying for anything from social services? They are also going through a bankruptcy, and have cars and credit cards in her mom’s name, also they have it down as the husbands address is at his mom’s house and not where he physically lives. On top of that they have 9 dogs in thier house that are not licensed or utd on shots and various other animals too. Please point me in the right direction as to whom I should be contacting, thank you for your time.