Four indicted over North Jersey journey insurance coverage scheme

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Four folks, together with three from North Jersey, have been indicted over a journey insurance coverage scheme, authorities introduced.

Agustin Matos, 40, of North Haledon; Keyra Carla Liriano, 45, and Patricio Arturo Alfonso, 46, each of Fort Lee; and Kenia Ivonne Vasquez, 44, of Bronx, New York have been charged with conspiracy, insurance coverage fraud, tried theft by deception, impersonation/theft of id and falsifying/tampering with data, the Attorney General’s workplace introduced. Liriano was additionally charged with theft by deception.

A state grand jury returned an indictment in opposition to the group final month.

“The defendants in this case are charged with coming up with a simple − yet potentially lucrative − scam by taking out multiple travel insurance policies and then filing claims against them for trips they never actually took and for medical emergencies they allegedly fabricated,” stated Attorney General Matthews Platkin in a launch.

The defendents performed the scheme from April 2022 to August 2023 in Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties, New York, and elsewhere, in response to the AG. In all, the 4 tried to defaud the insurance coverage corporations of simply over $250,000. While a lot of the fraudulent claims have been denied, Liriano obtained $14,835 in declare funds from two carriers, officers stated.

“Insurance exists for various reasons, and enriching yourself illegally is not one of them,” stated Division of Criminal Justice Director Theresa L. Hilton. “Travel insurance allows people on vacation or business trips to know they are covered for health care in the event of an unforeseen emergency. The defendants we’re charging in this scheme tried to turn it into an illegal business.”

The Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor investigated this case on a referrel from the Special Investigation Unit of American International Group Inc.


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