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TRENTON
- Attorney General Anne Milgram announced
that a Marlboro Township man has been sentenced
for his role in a stolen automobile trafficking
ring.
According
to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden
Brown, Patryk Zygadlo, 29, of Marlboro Township,
was ordered by Superior Court Judge Stuart
Peim in Union County on Friday, Sept. 5,
to serve five years probation and to pay
$9,500 restitution. Zygadlo was sentenced
pursuant to his guilty plea to two counts
of a Union County indictment which charged
him with conspiracy and insurance fraud.
The corporation pleaded guilty to a separate
criminal accusation which charged third
degree receiving stolen property.
At
the May 27 guilty plea hearing, Zygadlo
admitted that between May 13, 2003 and March
24, 2004, he agreed with others to possess
a stolen 2003 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer
with an altered VIN number in order to commit
insurance fraud and theft by deception.
Zygadlo reported the vehicle stolen to the
New Brunswick Police Department and subsequently
submitted two claims to State Farm –
one for $2,972 for a rental car and another
for $26,685 for the value of the vehicle.
State Farm paid Patryk Zygadlo $3,352 before
denying the second claim for the value of
the vehicle.
Zygadlo
also admitted that he changed the VIN number
a second time and conspired with others
to resell the vehicle on eBay to a customer
in Idaho for $28,350. The customer wired
the money, which was divided up amongst
the conspirators. Charges against other
defendants are pending.
On
Aug. 8, Tri State Brick Face, Inc., a corporation
owned, operated and controlled by Zygadlo
and other family members, located at 364
Mount Mills Road, Monroe, was ordered to
pay $40,000 in restitution. The corporation
admitted, through its President, Miroslaw
Zygadlo, 54, of Monroe, that it received
three stolen, re-tagged vehicles –
all Ford F-350 pickup trucks – and
used them as part of its business.
State
Investigators Jeffrey Lorman and Jarek Pyrzanowski,
and Deputy Attorneys General Jacqueline
Smith and John Higgins were assigned to
the investigation. Higgins represented the
Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor at
the sentencing.
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