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Self-Described ‘El Chapo Of Opioids' Doctor From Oakland Indicted Again, This Time By The Feds
An Oakland physician who already pleaded guilty to state insurance fraud charges has been indicted on federal counts of prescribing opioids without a legitimate medical reason and doctoring records to cover it up. FBI agents in May arrested Robert Delagente -- who they said called himself the “Candy Man” and the “El Chapo of Opioids” – during raids at two of his offices in Oakland. Federal authorities began investigating Delagente, 45, after two former employees accused him of firing them because they didn’t want to participate in his schemes. Delagente routinely prescribed oxycodone, Perc…
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Newark Residents Charged In $235K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Seven people, almost all from New Jersey, have been charged in connection with a scheme to steal $235,000 from three insurance annuity policies issued by Lincoln Financial Group, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Authorities say the company received death claims benefit applications from people posing as beneficiaries. The thefts occurred between December 2015 and September 2016, authorities also said. The following people were charged in an indictment handed up last month: • Gaetanina Nicole Zarbo, 34, of New Albany, Ohio, who was charged with three c…
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Oakland 'Candy Man' Doc Who Dubbed Himself ‘El Chapo Of Opioids' Admits Scamming Insurers
An Oakland doctor who boasted of being the “El Chapo of Opioids” will be sentenced to a plea-bargained five years in state prison after admitting that he submitted $32,000 in bogus health insurance claims. Under the terms of his deal with the state, Robert Delagente will be sentenced to the five years on Jan. 10 in exchange for pleading guilty to health care claims fraud during a hearing in Superior Court in Hackensack. Delagente, 45, admitted that he submitted seven fraudulent claims to Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey totaling $32,006 between May and December 2016 while practicing at …
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WNY Couple Lied About Military Duty To Get Insurance Payout: Prosecutor
A West New York couple turned themselves in Friday after they were charged with fraudulently obtaining insurance reimbursement for a cancelled trip, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. David Lutchmidat, 56, and 50-year-old Yvonne Sanichar were accompanied by attorneys when they reported to the prosecutor's office in Jersey City, where they were both arrested on charges of insurance fraud and theft by deception. Lutchmidat was also charged with forgery. Both were released on their own recognizance. Authorities say the two tried to get insurance reimbursement for a …
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Reputed Mobster Who Admitted Staging Robbery Of Union Business Sentenced
An Atlantic City man who authorities said is a member of a Philadelphia mob family was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison Thursday for offenses including pretending to rob a Union County business in order to scam its insurance company. Salvatore "Sam" Piccolo, 67, was also sentenced on a charge of distributing 216 grams of methamphetamine in Camden County as well as wire fraud for his part in the staged holdup. Earlier this year, Piccolo admitted in court that he and an accomplice entered a Union pawnshop on April 19, 2014, pretending to sell merchandise made of silver. T…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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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…
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