TRENTON - Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Monmouth County woman was charged today with attempting to fraudulently obtain pain killers.
According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Janice Rogers, 52, of Fair Haven, was charged in a Monmouth County grand jury indictment with two counts of third-degree attempting to obtain controlled dangerous substances by fraud, two counts of fourth-degree falsifying records and one count of fourth-degree forgery. The indictment, which was returned on Feb. 4, was handed up today in Superior Court in Monmouth County.
The indictment alleges that on Aug. 1, 2006, and again on April 6, 2007, Rogers attempted to obtain OxyContin and Percocet from a pharmacy. The indictment charges that Rogers submitted a forged Statement of Physician Services and/or an altered prescription to CVS Pharmacy in Little Silver in order to fraudulently obtain the prescription drugs. Suspecting fraud, the pharmacy did not fill either prescription and contacted the doctor who purportedly issued the prescription. The doctor contacted the police. As a result, no prescription drug claims were submitted to Rogers’ insurance company.
State Investigator Scott Naismyth and Deputy Attorney General Susan Kase were assigned to the investigation into this case. Kase presented the matter to the Monmouth County grand jury.
The indictment is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Third-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $15,000 fine while fourth-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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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