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For
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November
1, 2005
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Office
of The Attorney General
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Peter C. Harvey,
Attorney General
Division
of Criminal Justice
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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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Essex
County Businessman Charged in Medicaid Transportation
Fraud Scheme
Defendant Allegedly
Fabricated More than 420 Transports that
Never Occurred...
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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 an Essex
County businessman and his corporation
with Health Care Claims Fraud and Medicaid
Fraud in connection to a Medicaid transportation
fraud scheme. The Medicaid Program provides
transportation to and from doctors’
offices, hospitals, and other medical
providers to persons who may not otherwise
be able to afford such services.
According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Greta Gooden Brown, Dwayne Smith, 40,
of Elm Street, Montclair, Essex County,
and his company, Smith and Williams Transportation
Inc.(SWT), 12-14 Elm Street, Montclair,
were charged with Health Care Claims Fraud
(2nd degree) and Medicaid Fraud (3rd degree).
If convicted on both counts, Smith faces
up to 13 years in state prison and a fine
of up to $160,000. SWT faces a fine of
up to $160,000.
The Oct. 28 indictment alleges that between
March 21, 2003 and May 20, 2004, Smith,
through SWT, fraudulently billed the Medicaid
Program for transportation services in
connection with medical treatments of
Medicaid patients. It is charged that
SWT falsely billed Medicaid for more than
420 transports that never took place and
that Smith and SWT fraudulently stole
more than $12,600 through the alleged
scam.
State Investigator Christine Barclay and
Deputy Attorney General Riza Dagli were
assigned to the investigation. DAG Dagli
represented the Division of Criminal Justice
- Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
before the State Grand Jury.
An indictment is merely an accusation.
The defendants are presumed innocent unless
and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt.
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