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TRENTON
- Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal
Justice Director Deborah Gramiccioni announced
that a Gloucester County woman pleaded guilty
today for stealing more than $190,000 from
an insurance company.
According
to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden
Brown, Julia Daniels Anderson, 41, of Paulsboro,
pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge
Robert Becker in Gloucester County to a
criminal accusation which charged her with
second-degree theft by deception.
At the guilty plea hearing, Daniels Anderson
admitted that between Aug. 3, 2004, and
March 8, 2007, she stole $190,802 from Cigna
Insurance Company by submitting false health
care claims. Daniels Anderson admitted that
she fraudulently caused health insurance
claims to be submitted on her behalf for
reimbursement for radiation treatment when
she knew she had received no treatment and
was entitled to no reimbursement.
Detective
Carlos Ortiz, Civil Investigator Danene
Derrickson, and Deputy Attorney General
Cheryl A. Maccaroni were assigned to the
investigation. Maccaroni represented the
Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor at
the guilty plea hearing.
This
case was referred to OIFP by the Special
Investigative Unit of Cigna Insurance Company
which initially uncovered the fraud and
assisted OIFP in the investigation. Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor Brown thanked Cigna for
its assistance in this matter.
Daniels
Anderson is scheduled to appear before Judge
Becker on Dec. 12 to be sentenced. Second-degree
crimes carry a maximum sentence of 10 years
in state prison and a criminal fine of $150,000.
Daniels Anderson may also face civil insurance
fraud fines.
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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