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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…