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July
28, 2005
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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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Rachel
Sacharow
609-984-1936
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Division
of Criminal Justice - Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor Charges Middlesex County
Man with Insurance Fraud after Fire Torches
Apartment Building
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TRENTON
- Criminal Justice Director Vaughn L.
McKoy announced that the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has
obtained a State Grand Jury indictment
charging a Middlesex County man with attempted
theft resulting from an apartment fire.
According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Greta Gooden-Brown, David Guyton, 45,
Raspberry Court, Edison, Middlesex County
was charged with attempted theft by deception
(3rd degree). If convicted, Guyton faces
up to five years in state prison and a
criminal fine of up to $15,000. Guyton
also faces possible civil insurance fraud
fines pursuant to the Insurance Fraud
Prevention Act.
The indictment alleges that between Oct.
13, 1999 and Aug. 15, 2001, Guyton submitted
an insurance claim worth more than $7,000
for property that was damaged in an Oct.
13, 1999 arson fire at a rental property
that he owned on Goodwin Avenue, Newark.
Among the items were eight “new”
appliances, including four floor model
refrigerators and four floor model gas
ranges. An investigation by the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor determined that the appliances
were actually several years old, and many
of the ranges had dirt and cooking grease
on them. The investigation further revealed
that Guyton falsified receipts in order
to inflate the property insurance claim.
State Investigator Earl Washington, Civil
Investigator Raymond Britton, and Supervising
Deputy Attorney General Lewis J. Korngut
were assigned to the investigation. SDAG
Korngut represented the Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor before the State Grand
Jury. The case was referred to the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor by the New Jersey Underwriters
Association.
The indictment, which was handed up on
July 20, is merely an accusation. The
defendant is presumed innocent unless
and until the proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt
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