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For Immediate Release:
For Further Information:
January 31, 2012

Office of The Attorney General
- Jeffrey S. Chiesa, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Stephen J. Taylor, Director
Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
- Ronald Chillemi, Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
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Rachel Goemaat
609-292-4791


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Union County Man Charged with Illegally Receiving More than $22,000 in Temporary Disability Insurance Benefits
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  TRENTON - Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that a Cranford man has been charged in a state grand jury indictment for allegedly collecting more than $22,000 in temporary disability insurance benefits to which he was not entitled.

Louis L. Dubrel, 43, of Cranford, was charged yesterday (Jan. 30) with insurance fraud, theft by deception and perjury, all in the third degree.

The state grand jury indictment alleges that between Jan. 12 and Sept. 7, 2007, Dubrel, who sustained a work-related injury while employed as an auto mechanic for Maple Crest Auto Group in Union, NJ, omitted and failed to provide significant information to New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company in order to obtain $22,569 in temporary disability insurance benefits to which he was not entitled. The indictment also alleges that Dubrel obtained the $22,569 from New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company by creating the false impression that he was unable to complete common household chores and daily physical activities, when, in fact, he participated as driver in several harness horse racing qualifying starts and as a horse trainer during the period that he received temporary disability benefits. Finally, the indictment alleges that while appearing at an official proceeding, namely in the matter of Louis Dubrel v. Maple Crest Auto Group, and while under oath, Dubrel made the false statement that, “I can’t ride [horses],”a statement that he knew was not true.

Deputy Attorney General Carlos A. Lopez and Detective Scott Stevens were assigned to the investigation into this case. Lopez presented the case to the state grand jury. Acting Prosecutor Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Ronald Chillemi thanked Mary McInerney, Staff Attorney at New Jersey Manufacturers for her 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.

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