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TRENTON
- Attorney General Anne Milgram announced
that an Essex County man pleaded guilty
today to fraudulently collecting more than
$13,000 in disability benefits to which
he was not entitled.
According
to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden
Brown, Basilio Barrett, 53, of East Orange,
pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge
Michael A. Petrolle in Essex County to a
criminal accusation charging him with third-degree
theft by deception and fourth-degree false
swearing.
At the guilty plea hearing, Barrett admitted
that between Nov. 9, 2006, and Aug. 13,
2007, he falsely claimed he could not perform
his job as a service specialist for Public
Service Electric & Gas Company. Barrett
admitted that, as a result of the fraud,
he received $13,754 from Public Service
Enterprise Group, the entity which paid
him the disability benefits.
Detective
Christine Barclay and Deputy Attorney General
Cheryl A. Maccaroni were assigned to the
investigation into this case. Maccaroni
represented the Office of Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor at the guilty plea hearing.
This
case was referred to OIFP by the Public
Service Enterprise Group, which initially
uncovered the fraud and assisted OIFP in
the investigation. Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Brown thanked Public Service Enterprise
Group for its assistance in this matter.
The
judge scheduled Barrett’s sentencing
for Oct. 8.
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