Pubdate: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 Source: New York Times (NY) Section: The City; In The Region Copyright: 2006 The New York Times Company Contact: http://www.nytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298 Author: Ray Rivera QUEENS: NO CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR CLINIC The state attorney general's office said yesterday that it would not file criminal charges against a Queens drug abuse clinic accused by state regulators of defrauding the state's Medicaid program of millions of dollars. Officials with the attorney general's office said that after a long investigation of the clinic, Community Related Services Inc., they could not prove that clinic officials had intended to cheat the government. On Sunday, the state Medicaid inspector general's office and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services announced a $16.5 million fine against the company and issued 25 findings of "serious Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse." Efforts to obtain a working phone number were unsuccessful. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman