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TRENTON - Attorney General
Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director
Stephen J. Taylor announced that a Toms
River woman has been indicted for allegedly
submitting a false homeowner’s insurance
claim to Allstate Insurance Company.
According to Acting Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor Riza Dagli, Dorothy Sullivan-Procopio,
46, of Toms River, was charged on Thursday,
May 27, with insurance fraud and attempted
theft by deception, both in the third degree,
as well as three counts of fourth-degree
falsifying or tampering with records.
The Ocean County grand jury indictment alleges
that between Nov. 18, 2007 and June 17,
2008, Sullivan-Procopio submitted a fraudulent
claim for reimbursement on her homeowner’s
insurance policy with the Allstate Insurance
Company. It is alleged that Sullivan-Procopio
falsely reported that she paid for repair
work to her former residence in Bayville
in order to obtain approximately $11,606
from her homeowner’s policy with Allstate.
Sullivan-Procopio allegedly submitted three
checks, with which she purportedly paid
for the repairs, in support of the false
claim to Allstate, knowing that the checks
were falsified or altered.
Detective Darrell Washington and Deputy
Attorney General Cheryl A. Maccaroni were
assigned to the investigation. Deputy Attorney
General Maccaroni presented the case to
the Ocean County grand jury. Acting Prosecutor
Dagli thanked the Allstate Insurance Company
and the Berkeley Township Police Department
for their assistance in the investigation.
The indictment is merely
an accusation and the defendant is presumed
innocent until proven guilty. Third-degree
crimes carry a maximum sentence of five
years in state prison and a criminal fine
of $15,000, while fourth-degree crimes carry
a maximum sentence of 18 months in state
prison and a criminal fine of $10,000. Sullivan-Procopio
may also face the imposition of civil insurance
fraud fines.
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