The Brattleboro Retreat's Historic Fraud

Brattleboro, Vermont

All statements on this website represent opinions formulated by relator Thomas Joseph.  All opinions related to the allegations of fraud or those who had knowledge of the Retreat's transactional behavior can be substantiated in the 59 page unsealed federal complaint which represents a public disclosure.  Additionally, Vermont State Auditor Douglas Hoffer has possession of all evidence given the state and federal governments - - therefore, all evidence given law enforcement represent a public disclosure.  The facts, as alleged, are specific, explicit and damning.  Finally, all graphics and photographs are original material and/or have been digitally altered from original work.

United States ex. rel. Joseph v. The Brattleboro Retreat

U.S. District Court, District of Vermont

Behind the MOU: The Hidden Settlement Vermont's Attorney General Kept Out of Public View

At the conclusion of the first three-year criminal fraud investigation (there have been two), former Attorney General TJ Donovan executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Settlement Agreement simultaneously, but shielded the Settlement Agreement from public release. The Attorney General's Office cited attorney-client privilege, despite its longstanding practice of making civil fraud settlements available on its website.  What could they be hiding?

"The Brattleboro Retreat seeks to paint itself as a victim.  In the Retreat's version, the Retreat is a partner of the U.S. and state governments, a benevolent provider of mental health counseling and treatment for drug and alcohol addiction.  ​The facts, however - specific, explicit and damning - tell a very different story.  In return, the Retreat exploited that arrangement by double and triple billing and pocketed millions more by pulling an accounting sleight of hand to move payments owed to the government off its books." 

~~Excerpts from the Opposition to The Brattleboro Retreat's Motion to Dismiss​​ filed on behalf of Relator Thomas Joseph by his former Attorneys, Mr. Rich Cassidy of Hoff Curtis, P.C.  located in Burlington, Vermont and Mr. Timothy Cornell of Gardner Cornell, P.C. located in Boston, Massachusetts.