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For
Further Information Contact: |
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March
3, 2005 |
Office
of The Attorney General
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Peter C. Harvey,
Attorney General
Division
of Criminal Justice
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director
Office of the Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor
- Greta Gooden Brown, Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor
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Rachel
Sacharow
609-984-1936
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Middlesex
County Couple Pleads Guilty to Automobile
“Give Up” Fraud |
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TRENTON - Division of Criminal Justice
Director Vaughn L. McKoy announced that
a Middlesex County husband and wife have
pleaded guilty for their roles in an automobile
“give up” scheme.
According to Director McKoy and Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden-Brown, George
T. Guden, 58, and Angela M. Guden, 56,
both of Turner Street, Port Reading, Middlesex
County, pleaded guilty before Middlesex
County Superior Court Judge Frederick
P. DeVesa to conspiracy to commit theft
by deception (3rd degree). The charges
were contained in a June 17, 2004 Middlesex
Grand Jury indictment filed by the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor. When sentenced on April
22, each defendant faces up to five years
in state prison and a fine of up to $15,000.
Their son, Michael Guden, 26, same address,
and co-defendant John E. Gassert, 49,
Hancock, New York, have already been sentenced
for their roles in the scheme.
At the Feb. 28 guilty plea, the Gudens
admitted that between January and March
2002, Angela Guden reported to Woodbridge
Police, Woodbridge, Middlesex County,
that her Lincoln Mark VIII car had been
stolen from the Woodbridge Mall. According
to the indictment, she falsely reported
the car stolen to the police so that an
automobile insurance theft claim could
be submitted. Angela Guden allegedly submitted
a fraudulent claim to Liberty Mutual Insurance
Company and was subsequently paid more
than $12,300 by the insurance company.
An investigation by the Division of Criminal
Justice - Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
revealed that, in fact, George “Tommy”
Guden and Michael Guden, took Angela Guden’s
car and turned it over to Gassert. The
Lincoln was later recovered in Gassert’s
possession. The investigation further
revealed that Gassert was allegedly paid
$100 by George Guden to dispose of the
car and promised another $125 when the
job was complete.
State Investigator Joseph Luccarelli,
Civil Investigator Gary Miller, and Deputy
Attorney General Valerie A. Noto were
assigned to the investigation. DAG Noto
represented the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor at the
guilty plea hearing.
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