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For
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November
7, 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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Burlington
County Man Charged with Practicing as Phony
Physician’s Assistant
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TRENTON
- Division of Criminal Justice Director
Vaughn L. McKoy announced that a Burlington
County man has pleaded guilty to forgery
for creating a phony document in order
to gain employment as a physician’s
assistant at a nursing home. Physician’s
assistants are required to hold a State
issued license before they assist doctors
in the practice of medicine.
According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Greta Gooden Brown, Darryl Fisher, 37,
of Shelburne Street, Burlington, pleaded
guilty before Camden County Superior Court
Judge Linda Baxter to a criminal Accusation
filed by the Division of Criminal Justice
- Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor.
The Accusation charged Fisher with forgery
(3rd degree). When sentenced on Dec. 23,
Fisher faces up to five years in state
prison and a criminal fine of up to $15,000.
At the Nov. 4 guilty plea hearing, Fisher,
who was employed at Wound Healing Associates
(WHA) located in Camden County, admitted
that between Oct. 1 and Nov. 31, 2003,
he practiced as a physician’s assistant
without being properly licensed. WHA is
a Medicaid provider that contracted with
nursing homes to treat residents and patients
for wounds to include bed sores and similar
wounds. An investigation by the Division
of Criminal Justice determined that Fisher
created a fake assistant’s license.
The investigation further revealed that
Fisher worked for several months as a
physician’s assistant, treating
nursing home patients at WHA even though
he did not possess a valid license.
State Investigator Jacqueline Latty and
Deputy Attorney General Erik W. Daab were
assigned to the investigation. DAG Daab
represented the Division of Criminal -
Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor at
the guilty plea hearing.
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