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TRENTON
- Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal
Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced
that a Sussex County man and a Bergen County
woman have been indicted on charges they
stole $7,800 in health insurance benefits
by falsely claiming they were married.
According
to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden
Brown, Andrew J. Dorrothy, 44, of Stockholm,
and Lynn M. Mickley also known as Lynn M.
Lauber 35, of Ramsey, were indicted by a
Sussex County grand jury on charges of second-degree
health care claims fraud and third-degree
theft by deception. The indictment was handed
up yesterday afternoon in Superior Court
in Sussex County.
The
indictment alleges that between March 3,
1999 and October 20, 2002, Dorrothy fraudulently
represented that he was legally married
to Mickley so that Mickley would be entitled
to dependant spouse health insurance benefits
under coverage provided by various insurance
companies. According to the indictment,
these false representations were made on
various records and forms submitted to Oxford
Health Plans, Aetna Insurance Company, and
Delta Dental Insurance Company. It is alleged
that Dorrothy and Mickley were never legally
married.
State Investigator Gregory Pringle, Civil
Investigator Carol Seekamp, and Deputy Attorney
General Michael V. Troso were assigned to
the investigation for the Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor. Troso presented the case
to the grand jury.
“Far
too often, insurance companies refer cases
to this office in which persons have intentionally
misrepresented their marital status in order
to obtain health insurance benefits to which
they were not entitled,” said Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown. “These
people should realize that not only will
benefits be denied, but they can be charged
with a crime.”
The
indictment is merely an accusation and the
defendants are presumed innocent until proven
guilty.
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