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9/11 Fraud

The former Chief Medical Examiner for New York has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for embezzling $9 million in 9/11 victims funds.

Natarajan R Venkataram, 43, was convicted of steering $13 million in lucrative contracts to fictitious computer companies, with the help of a co-worker.

The medical examiner’s office was assigned the task of identifying victims through forensic analysis of body parts and other evidence collected at the site of the World Trade Center attacks.

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