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For
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April
18, 2005
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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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Essex
County Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Fictitious
Motor Vehicle Documents
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TRENTON
- Division of Criminal Justice Director
Vaughn L. McKoy announced that an Essex
County woman has pleaded guilty to charges
filed by the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, including
selling fictitious motor vehicle documents.
According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Greta Gooden-Brown, Kamillah Ali, 34,
Vernon Avenue, Newark, Essex County, pleaded
guilty to three counts of sale of simulated
documents (3rd degree) and one count of
simulating a motor vehicle insurance identification
card (3rd degree). When sentenced on June
10, Ali faces up to 20 years in state
prison and a fine of up to $45,000. The
charges were contained in an Oct. 15,
2004 State Grand Jury indictment.
At the guilty plea, Ali admitted that
between Oct. 3 and Oct. 12, 2001, she
sold fictitious motor vehicle-related
documents from her home. An investigation
by the Division of Criminal Justice -
Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor determined
that on at least three occasions, Ali
sold false documents, including two temporary
registration tags, two automobile insurance
identification cards, a New Jersey automobile
title for a stolen vehicle, a New Jersey
driver’s license, a social security
card and a birth certificate.
An undercover investigator with the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor purchased the fictitious
documents for more than $1,000. Investigative
experience with similar cases has indicated
that there is an active black market in
New Jersey for identity related phony
documents. Phony records are bought and
sold every day to include Motor Vehicle
Commission records such as drivers licenses,
commercial drivers licenses, social security
cards, vehicle registrations, and birth
certificates. These records, which are
sold for amounts ranging from several
hundred to several thousand dollars each,
are used for identity theft scams, phony
insurance claims, thefts, and other illegal
purposes.
State Investigators Luis Cruz and Joseph
Waters, and Deputy Attorney General Jacqueline
D. Smith were assigned to the investigation
into this case. DAG Smith represented
the Division of Criminal Justice - Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor at the guilty
plea on April 11. Members of the Conrail
Police Department and former State Investigator
Anthony Abarno assisted in the investigation.
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