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TRENTON
- Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal
Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced
that a Louisiana woman has been sentenced
for stealing nearly $80,000 by filing hundreds
of fraudulent claims for services that were
never provided.
According
to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden
Brown, Carol Sadowsky, 56, formerly of River
Vale and currently of Jefferson, Louisiana,
was ordered by Superior Court Judge William
C. Meehan in Bergen County to serve one
year probation. Prior to sentencing, Sadowsky
made full restitution of $79,564 to Horizon
Blue Cross Blue Shield. The sentence was
pursuant to Sadowsky’s Dec. 20 guilty
plea to a criminal accusation which charged
her with third-degree insurance fraud.
At
the guilty plea hearing before Judge Meehan,
Sadowsky admitted that between Jan. 1, 1999
and Dec. 31, 2005, she submitted approximately
600 fraudulent claims to Horizon Blue Cross
Blue Shield of New Jersey for psychological
services for members of her family that
were never provided. Sadowsky also admitted
that she altered 38 additional, legitimate
claims, which she changed in order to perpetuate
the fraud. Sadowsky admitted that, as a
result of the fraudulent claims, she was
paid almost $80,000.
State
Investigator Michael Rasar and Deputy Attorney
General James F. Flanagan were assigned
to the investigation. Flanagan represented
the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
at the sentencing hearing.
This
case was referred to OIFP by the Special
Investigative Unit of Horizon Blue Cross
Blue Shield of New Jersey which initially
uncovered the fraud and assisted OIFP in
the investigation. Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Brown thanked Horizon for their assistance
in this matter.
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