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Accident Victim 'Runner' Admits Role in $3.5M North Jersey Insurance Fraud Accident Victim 'Runner' Admits Role in $3.5M North Jersey Insurance Fraud
Accident Victim 'Runner' Admits Role in $3.5M North Jersey Insurance Fraud A Hudson County man is headed to federal prison for a plea-bargained year and a day for recruiting accident victims for an insurance fraud racket that racked up $3.5 million in bogus medical bills. Luis G. Aguirre, 57, of Kearny admitted in March that he worked as a “runner,” steering accident victims to various chiropractors, medical imaging centers and others who billed PIP insurance plans for medically unnecessary services. Health care providers gave Aguirre $500 in cash for each victim he delivered, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Aguirre and an employee from an auto body shop…

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