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| January
3, 2005
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of The Attorney General
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Peter C. Harvey,
Attorney General
Division
of Criminal Justice
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director
Office
of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
- Greta Gooden Brown, Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor
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John
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| Gloucester
County Woman Pleads Guilty to Submitting
Fake $2,300 Personal Injury Protection (PIP)
Insurance Claim
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Trenton
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director, Division
of Criminal Justice, announced that a
Gloucester County woman has pleaded guilty
to insurance fraud charges after submitting
a phony $2,300 Personal Injury Protection
(PIP) claim to her insurance company.
Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden-Brown
said that Heather M. Dorst, 26, Chestnut
Lane, Westville, Gloucester County, pleaded
guilty before Camden County Superior Court
Judge John T. McNeill, III to a criminal
Accusation which charged third degree
Insurance Fraud. A third degree crime
carries a sentence of up to five years
in state prison and a fine of up to $15,000.
Dorst may also face civil insurance fraud
fines pursuant to the Insurance Fraud
Prevention Act. Dorst is scheduled to
appear before Judge McNeill on Feb. 25
for sentencing.
At the Jan. 3, 2005 guilty plea hearing,
Dorst admitted that on Dec. 25, 2003,
David Cardonick was driving her car in
Magnolia, Camden County, when it was struck
in the rear by another vehicle. Cardonick,
alone in the vehicle and driving with
a suspended license, fled the scene of
the accident. Later that day, Dorst reported
to the Magnolia Police Department that
she was driving the car. Dorst subsequently
submitted a fraudulent Personal Injury
Protection (PIP) insurance claim to the
Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company
in which she certified that she was driving
the car and that she suffered personal
injuries as the result of the accident.
Medical bills totaling $2,364 were submitted
for payment.
The investigation and prosecution was
coordinated by the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
which investigates and prosecutes civil
and criminal insurance fraud cases. State
Investigator George Meyers, Civil Investigator
William McGough, and Deputy Attorney General
Allen S. Ferg were assigned to the investigation.
DAG Ferg represented the Division of Criminal
Justice - Office of the Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor at the guilty plea hearing.
The case was referred by Farm Family Casualty
Insurance Company to the Office of the
Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for investigation.
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