More Medicare fraud allegations, with a Russian flavor. The scams citizens use to extract services from Russia’s soviet-style bureaucracies are apparently good training for those few immigrants who decide to specialize in U.S. white collar crime.  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/nyregion/dozens-said-to-be-arrested-in-health-care-fraud-scheme.html

Government usually can’t outbid the private sector for top-notch IT talent.  So, beyond a substantial cadre of talented altruists–the IT shop gets run by the second team.  New York State’s second team allegedly wined, dined, wheeled and dealed with select vendors, which is a no-no in government though not uncommon in business.  Government Technology, February 28, 2012.  New York Officials Promise Reforms After Scathing IT Audit.