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TRENTON
- Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal
Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced
that a Warren County man was sentenced today
for a disability insurance fraud.
According
to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden
Brown, Mark A. Matyas, 37, of Hardwick,
was ordered by Superior Court Judge John
Pursel in Warren County to serve two years
probation and pay a $5,000 civil insurance
fraud fine. The sentence is pursuant to
Matyas’ June 14 guilty plea to a criminal
accusation charging him with third-degree
insurance fraud.
In
pleading guilty, Matyas admitted that between
Sept. 30, 2004 and Oct. 27, 2005, he submitted
a fraudulent application for disability
insurance to Provident Life and Casualty
Company. Matyas admitted that he lied on
the application about his medical and psychological
history, as well as about his employment
status. Matyas made up the name of an employer
and, when the insurance adjuster called
the fictitious employer, Matyas pretended
to be his own boss.
The
Special Investigative Unit of Provident
Life and Casualty Company investigated the
circumstances surrounding Matyas’
application and claim, and referred the
matter to the Office of Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor. Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Brown
thanks Provident Life for their assistance
in this matter.
State Investigator Eric Barnes, Civil Investigator
Errol English and Deputy Attorney General
James F. Flanagan were assigned to the investigation.
Flanagan represented the Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor at the sentencing.
The
Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
was established by the Automobile Insurance
Cost Reduction Act of 1998. The Office is
the centralized state agency that investigates
and prosecutes both civil and criminal insurance
fraud, as well as Medicaid fraud.
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