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Hackensack, NJ
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New Jersey Residents Among 27 Charged In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme
Four New Jersey residents were among 27 people arrested for their roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme to commit bribery and a no-fault insurance scam. The multi-state jurisdictional investigation that originated in Westchester County led to the arrests, 23 of whom were taken into custody in New York and New Jersey on Thursday, Nov. 7, with other suspects arrested in North Carolina, and Florida. Among those arrested were five 911 operators and an NYPD police officer. Those arrested in New Jersey were: Christina Garcia, 35, of Jersey City Tonja Lewis, 53, of Belleville Raymond Parke…
Yorktown, NY
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Multi-State Investigation Initiated In Westchester Nets 27 Arrests In No-Fault Insurance Scam
Twenty-seven people, including members of law enforcement, were arrested for their roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme to commit bribery and a no-fault insurance scam. The multi-state jurisdictional investigation that originated in Westchester County led to the arrests, 23 of whom were taken into custody in New York and New Jersey on Thursday, Nov. 7, with other suspects arrested in North Carolina, and Florida. Among those arrested were five 911 operators and an NYPD police officer. “Corruption, in all forms, is intolerable within the NYPD and we continue to work with our law enforcemen…
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Family Physician Charged With Illegally Prescribing Percocet
A Paterson family physician sold Percocet prescriptions without a legitimate medical purpose, authorities charged. Mahesh Mehta, 65, was named in an indictment returned by a state grand jury in Trenton charging him with illegally selling controlled dangerous substances. Deputy Attorney General Fernando D. Maldonado presented the case to the grand jury, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Detective Celeste Dowd coordinated the investigation, he said. Anyone with information about health insurance cheating or medical fraud can report it anonymously by calling a toll-free hotlin…
Yonkers, NY
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$353,000 in Jewelry Reported Stolen At Trump Tower
More than $350,000 worth of jewelry was reportedly stolen from two apartments in Trump Tower over the weekend. Police in Manhattan are investigating the reports of two thefts inside apartments on the 42nd and 59th floor of the building. A 67-year-old woman reported five pieces worth $236,000 were missing from a drawer in her closet, police said. She was reportedly away from the apartment between June 21 and Monday, Sept. 9. A 33-year-old woman said a $117,000 diamond bracelet was stolen between Sunday, Sept. 3 and Wednesday, Sept. 11. According to the New York Post, which first reported …
Jersey City, NJ
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Owners Of Guttenberg Home Where Woman Was Critically Burned Arrested
A multifamily home in Guttenberg where a woman suffered critical injuries in a fire had three illegal apartments, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. The owners of the building at 67 70th St. -- Jose Puma, 49, and his wife Maria, 50 -- were arrested Wednesday. Jose Puma has been charged with insurance fraud and violating of law intended to protect public health and safety. Maria Puma was also charged with the latter offense. They are scheduled to appear in court Monday. The fire broke out May 20 and left a woman, 26, with severe burns. The woman is in critica…
Hackensack, NJ
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Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor
A Hackensack chiropractor from Saddle Brook paid a city police department employee to steer accident victims to him, said authorities who arrested both of them. Dr. Andrew Perrone, 50, paid Carmen Ballestas to convince victims filing or collecting accident reports to go to his Perrone Family Wellness clinic on Spring Valley Avenue for treatment, authorities allege. Ballestas 59, "was taken out of the [Hackensack PD] building months ago by prosecutors and has been suspended since," an official with direct knowledge of the arrest told Daily Voice. According to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark M…
Hackensack, NJ
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Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor
A Hackensack chiropractor from Saddle Brook paid a city police department employee to steer accident victims to him, said authorities who arrested both of them. Dr. Andrew Perrone, 50, paid Carmen Ballestas to convince victims filing or collecting accident reports to go to his Perrone Family Wellness clinic on Spring Valley Avenue for treatment, authorities allege. Ballestas 59, "was taken out of the [Hackensack PD] building months ago by prosecutors and has been suspended since," an official with direct knowledge of the arrest told Daily Voice. According to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark M…
Jersey City, NJ
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More Than A Dozen From Hudson County Charged In $11M Medicaid Fraud
Several people from Jersey City, Bayonne and elsewhere have been accused of taking part in a scheme in which prescription drugs provided free through the federal Medicaid program were illegally sold to a New York pharmacist, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Elfatih Ibrahim, 58, of Brooklyn, who owns Maxwell Pharmacy in Manhattan, was the ringleader in the bi-state scheme, authorities allege. Ibrahim received prescription medications from patients who got the drugs for free, then sold them for cash to a “runner” who brought them to Ibrahim, the Attorney General’s office said. …
Newark, NJ
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Ex-East Orange Teacher Sentenced In Disability Scam
An East Orange man who submitted fraudulent disability claims to his insurer was sentenced to three years in prison, Attorney General Gurbir S. Gewal said. Major Smith, 49, who was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to insurance fraud in October, filed dozens of disability claims to Aflac between 2012 and 2015. He reported being injured in several accidents. “The sentence handed down to this defendant sends a message of deterrence to individuals tempted to file fraudulent insurance claims to illegally enrich themselves,” said Grewal. “Insurance fraud is not a path to easy mo…
White Plains, NY
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Take These Steps To Prevent Thefts From Vehicles, Officials Say
Police agencies in Westchester are urging village residents to lock the doors of their vehicles overnight following a rash of break-ins. Police said that some sticky-fingered suspects got into several unlocked cars earlier this week, prompting them to remind residents of the importance of locking up overnight and keeping valuables out of sight. Tips offered by police to avoid having vehicles broken into include: Never leave keys in the car. Cars have been stolen while warming up in front of homes and while the owner has stopped briefly to mail a letter or buy a newspaper. This also applie…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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: Surveillance Footage Captures Randolph Fraudster's Fake Slip-Fall, Prosecutor Says
Well... that backfired. A Randolph man was caught on video surveillance tossing ice on the ground and faking a slip-and-fall in order to file a bogus insurance claim, said authorities who charged him. Alexander Goldinsky, 57, was subcontracted to work at a Woodbridge company when surveillance footage captured him pouring ice from the soda machine on the ground and laying next to it, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey said. Goldinsky filed a false insurance claim for ambulance service and local hospital treatment for injuries he claimed were sustained in the fall be…
Monsey, NY
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Monsey Fire Department President Charged With Workers Comp, Medicaid Fraud
A respected Rockland firefighter has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $100,000 in Workers Compensation and Medicaid payments while employed. Raphael Ziegler, 41, the Monsey Fire Department president and a former New Hempstead fire inspector, filed for and accepted the monies while out on disability and working outside jobs and running a side taxi business, said state Inspector General Leahy Scott on Thursday in a joint news release with acting Rockland District Attorney Kevin Gilleece. Ziegler, of Monsey, who is currently employed as a Fire Protection Spec…
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