Man Got Imprisonment against False Insurance Claim

By James Tam on November 21st, 2007

According to the state Office of the Attorney General, Frank M. Petrelli, 26, of Colonial Court, pleaded guilty in state Superior Court in Hudson County to Petrelli confessed and told the whole story, In 2004 he planned to play a game, gave his car to someone else so that people think that the car has been stolen, then he reported that he parked his Audi (1998 Model) in Hoboken and now it is missing. According to the plan Petrelli filed a false auto theft claim to the New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co and he was paid $13,101 against the claim. John Jay Smith, deputy chief prosecutor with the state Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutors said that the car was found abandoned about a week later in East Orange. Company spokesman Patrick Breslin said “The bottom line is that any fraud is an ultimate cost for the honest policy holders, our company takes that very seriously. Every case matters and sends a message to the perpetrators.”

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