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TRENTON - Attorney General
Anne Milgram and Division of Criminal Justice
Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a
Burlington County woman was sentenced today
for stealing more than $48,000 by filing
phony prescription drugs claims.
According to Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Dawn M. Nehring,
34, of Maple Shade, was ordered by Superior
Court Judge Patricia R. LeBon to serve five
years of special drug court probation. Nehring
was sentenced pursuant to her June 21 guilty
plea to theft by deception, a charge contained
in a July 13, 2006 Burlington County grand
jury indictment.
In pleading guilty, Nehring
admitted that between Jan. 17, 2001 and
Oct. 16, 2003, she illegally used the prescription
drug insurance benefits of her grandmother,
mother and her brother to obtain prescription
painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs. Nehring
fraudulently used prescription drug insurance
plans and labor union prescription drug
plans from several companies, including
Independence Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna
Insurance Company, and the Carpenters Pension
and Annuity Fund of Philadelphia.
Nehring admitted that she
fraudulent used the prescription drug benefit
cards and related information to fill the
prescriptions for narcotic drugs at numerous
pharmacies. As a result of her fraudulent
activity, $61,052 in phony claims for prescription
drugs were submitted on Nehring’s
behalf, of which $48,023 was paid by the
insurance carriers or other prescription
drug plans.
State Investigator Shaun Egan, Civil Investigator
Gene Fayer and Deputy Attorney General Stephen
J. Cirillo were assigned to the investigation.
Cirillo represented the Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor at the sentencing.
This case was referred to
OIFP by the Special Investigative Units
of Independence Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
Aetna Insurance Company, and the Carpenters
Pension and Annuity Fund, which initially
uncovered the fraud and assisted OIFP in
the investigation. Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Brown thanks the insurance companies for
their involvement in this matter.
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