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For
Further Information Contact: |
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March
21, 2005 |
Office
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
R. Hagerty
609-984-1936
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Burlington
County Contractor Indicted for Phony Certificate
of Insurance
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TRENTON
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director, Division
of Criminal Justice, announced that a
Burlington County contractor has been
charged by the Office of the Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor with forgery for possessing
a counterfeit Certificate of Insurance.
According to Greta Gooden-Brown, Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor, William Scanlan, 51,
Augusta Drive, Mt. Holly, Burlington County,
was charged via a State Grand Jury indictment
with fourth degree forgery which carries
a maximum penalty of up to 18 months in
state prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
The indictment alleges that between Nov.
1 - 3, 2002, Scanlan, the owner of William
C. Scanlan, Jr. and Son contracting business,
issued a phony Certificate of Liability
Insurance purportedly issued by the Zurich
Insurance Company. Certificates of Insurance,
required to be posted by contractors awarded
construction contracts, attest that the
contractor has the requisite amount of
excess liability and workers compensation
insurance. The indictment alleges that
Scanlan issued the phony Certificate of
Insurance to Woolstan Construction in
connection with having subcontracted for
work with Woolstan Construction. It is
charged that the phony Certificate of
Insurance represented that William C.
Scanlan, Jr. and Son were insured by Zurich
Insurance Company for auto and general
liability but not for workers compensation
and excess liability.
The indictment was handed up to Mercer
County Superior Court Judge Linda R. Feinberg,
the Assignment Judge in charge of the
State Grand Jury, on March 18. The case
will be venued in Burlington County where
Scanlan will be ordered to appear for
arraignment and bail.
The investigation was conducted by the
Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
which investigates and prosecutes civil
and criminal insurance fraud cases. State
Investigator Scott Caponi and Supervising
Deputy Attorney General Lewis J. Korngut
coordinated the investigation. The case
was referred to the Office of the Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor for investigation by
Liberty Insurance Associates. An indictment
is merely an accusation. The defendant
is presumed to be innocent of the charges
unless and until proven guilty beyond
a reasonable doubt.
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