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TRENTON - Attorney General
Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director
Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced that a Gloucester
County woman was sentenced today for passing
bad checks in an attempt to purchase insurance
and other services.
According to Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Stacy Perkins,
43, of West Deptford, was ordered by Superior
Court Judge Walter L. Marshall, Jr. in Gloucester
County to serve three years probation and
to pay $17,857 restitution. The sentence is
based on Perkins’ guilty plea to attempted
theft by deception, a charge contained in
a Dec. 10, 2008 Gloucester County grand jury
indictment.
In pleading guilty on Feb.
10, Perkins admitted that between Nov. 15,
2002 and Aug. 21, 2004, she either issued
or electronically authorized a series of checks
to the Allstate Insurance Company, drawn on
accounts at several different banks, knowing
the accounts were closed. Perkins was attempting
to purchase automobile insurance valued at
approximately $4,500. An investigation also
determined that Perkins submitted bad checks
to several companies, including $14,668 to
PSEG, $2,016 to Wells Fargo and $1,173 to
Comcast.
Detective George Meyers Jr., Detective Christina
Fiscella and Deputy Attorney General Candy
Cure were assigned to the investigation. Cure
represented the Division of Criminal Justice
at the sentencing. This case was referred
to the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
by the Special Investigative Unit of the Allstate
Insurance Company, which initially uncovered
the fraud, did not provide Perkins with insurance
and assisted OIFP in the investigation. Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor Brown thanked Allstate for
its assistance.
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