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For
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For
Further Information Contact: |
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March
16, 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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Essex
County Man Pleads Guilty to Submitting
Phony Automobile Theft Claim
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TRENTON
- Division of Criminal Justice Director
Vaughn L. McKoy announced that an Essex
County man has pleaded guilty to insurance
fraud for submitting a phony automobile
theft claim to his insurance company.
According to Director McKoy and Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden-Brown, O’Neil
J. Williams, 25, Hamilton Road, South
Orange, Essex County, pleaded guilty before
Essex County Superior Court Judge Donald
J. Volkert to a criminal Accusation filed
by the Division of Criminal Justice -
Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor.
The Accusation charged Williams with insurance
fraud (3rd degree). When sentenced on
April 26, Williams faces up to five years
in state prison and a fine of $15,000.
At the March 14 guilty plea hearing, Williams
admitted that on Sept. 12, 2003, he falsely
reported his 2002 Honda Civic stolen to
South Orange Police Department in order
to submit an insurance property damage
claim. An investigation by AAA Mid-Atlantic
Insurance Group determined that the car
had not been stolen and referred the matter
to the Division of Criminal Justice -
Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for
further review. Williams conceded that
he concocted the stolen car story to avoid
admitting that the car had been damaged
in an accident on the way home from a
bar in Newark.
State Investigators Jeffrey Lorman and
Jarek Pyrzanowski, Civil Investigator
Nicholas Liotti, and Deputy Attorney General
Philip J. Mogavero were assigned to the
investigation. DAG Mogavero represented
the State at the guilty plea hearing.
The case was referred to the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor by AAA
Mid-Atlantic Insurance Group.
Noting that some important cases have
begun with anonymous tips from the public,
Prosecutor Brown emphasized that individuals
can make a difference. “We need
people’s information, not their
identities. People who are concerned about
insurance cheating and have any information
about a fraud can call our toll-free hotline
at 1-877-55-FRAUD, or
visit our Web site at www.NJInsurancefraud.org
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