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TRENTON
- Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal
Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced
that an Irvington man was sentenced today
for using a false identity to file fraudulent
automobile insurance Personal Injury Protection
(PIP) and uninsured motorist claims and
to obtain other benefits for himself.
According
to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden
Brown, Vianey Vincent, 38, of Irvington,
was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Ned
M. Rosenberg in Essex County to five years
probation, conditioned on serving 364 days
in county jail and payment of $7,465 in
restitution to State Farm Insurance Company.
Vincent pleaded guilty on Dec. 18 to health
care claims fraud, a charge contained in
a Jan. 27, 2003 state grand jury indictment.
Vincent
admitted that between Jan. 1, 1998 and Aug.
31, 2002, he used the fictitious identities
of Steven Vincent and Vincent Steven to
submit false health insurance PIP claims
to the State Farm Insurance Company.
State
Investigator Jarek Pyrzanowski and Deputy
Attorney General Philip Mogavero were assigned
to the investigation. Mogavero represented
the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
at the sentencing.
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 site 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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