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TRENTON - Criminal Justice
Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a
Plainsboro dentist was sentenced today for
fraudulently altering the dates of dental
services on insurance claims in order to
obtain insurance payments to which he was
not entitled.
According to Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Gary Reba,
60, of Plainsboro, was sentenced to three
years probation by Superior Court Judge
Frederick P. DeVesa in Middlesex County
and was ordered to pay a $75,000 civil insurance
fraud fine. Reba pleaded guilty on April
27 to an accusation which charged him with
third-degree theft by deception and fourth-degree
falsifying records. At the time of the criminal
conduct, Reba, a dentist licensed in the
State of New Jersey, owned and operated
two dental practices, one on Livingston
Avenue in New Brunswick and a second on
Plainsboro Road in Plainsboro.
At the guilty plea hearing,
Reba admitted that between December 27,
2001 and December 20, 2004, he stole insurance
claims money. Specifically, Reba admitted
that he submitted claims to insurance companies
reflecting that he provided dental services
on certain dates when, in fact, the services
were not provided on the dates indicated.
By doing so, Reba admitted that he avoided
contractual date restrictions in the dental
insurance policies. An investigation by
the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
determined that if Reba had billed for the
dates he actually rendered the dental services,
the patients would not have had dental insurance
coverage or would have already exceeded
the limits of their dental insurance for
that given year.
Among the insurance companies that received
insurance claims from Reba with falsified
dates were Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield
of New Jersey, Prudential Insurance Company,
MetLife Insurance Company, and Aetna Insurance
Company.
State Investigator Scott
Naismyth, Civil Investigator Gina Lemanowicz,
and Deputy Attorney General Norma R. Evans
were assigned to the investigation into
this case. Evans represented the State at
the sentencing.
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