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For Immediate Release:  
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November 15, 2006  
Division of Criminal Justice
609-292-4791

Office of The Attorney General
- Stuart Rabner, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Gregory A. Paw, Director

Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
- Greta Gooden Brown, Insurance Fraud Prosecutor

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Former Insurance Company Employee and Two Monmouth County Men Charged in $19,000 Insurance Claim Check Scam
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TRENTON - Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that an insurance company employee and two Monmouth County men have been charged with conspiracy and theft for their roles in a $19,000 insurance claim check scam.

According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Lisa M. Gordon, formerly Lisa Fitzpatrick, 35, of Jackson, was charged with third-degree conspiracy to commit theft by deception and three counts of third-degree theft by deception. In addition, Brady Bell, 39, of Wall, and Robert J. Scatigna, 35, of Neptune, were each charged with third-degree theft by deception.

The indictment returned on Oct. 30 by a Monmouth County grand jury and handed up today in Superior Court alleges that between June 25 and July 29, 2002, Gordon, a former insurance claims processor for State Farm Insurance Company at State Farm’s Farmingdale office, conspired with Bell and Scatigna to steal more than $19,000 worth of insurance claim checks from State Farm. An investigation determined that Gordon fraudulently issued five checks to Bell, Scatigna, and a person who was not further identified by the indictment.

The investigation revealed that the two checks that were allegedly issued to Bell – for $6,907.11 and $7,500 – were made out in the name of his father. Bell allegedly signed his father’s name and deposited the fraudulent check into a joint account that he shared with his father. It is alleged that Bell subsequently withdrew cash from the account in the amount of the fraudulent check and gave the cash to Gordon.

Director Paw noted that on July 24, 2002, Gordon allegedly added Scatigna to a claim to which he was not an authorized payee. An investigation determined that the same day, Gordon allegedly issued Scatigna a check from State Farm for $4,995.95, which he subsequently deposited into his bank account. Scatigna then allegedly gave part of the money back to Gordon.

State Investigator Carlos Ortiz and Deputy Attorney General Peter W. Lee are handling the case.

The indictment is merely an accusation and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Third-degree crimes carry a sentence of up to five years in prison and a criminal fine of $15,000.

Prosecutor Brown noted that some important cases have started with anonymous tips. People who are concerned about insurance cheating and have information about a fraud can report it anonymously by calling the toll-free hotline 1-877-55-FRAUD or visiting the Web at www.NJInsuranceFraud.org. State regulations permit an award to be paid to an eligible person who provides information that leads to an arrest, prosecution and conviction for insurance fraud.

The Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor was established by the Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act of 1998. The office is the centralized state agency that investigates and prosecutes both civil and criminal insurance fraud, as well as Medicaid fraud.

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