TRENTON
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director, Division
of Criminal Justice, announced today that
an Ocean County woman has been sentenced
for using stolen prescription blanks to
illegally obtain controlled dangerous
substances.
According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Greta Gooden-Brown, Julianne O’Brien,
42, Marine Road, Waretown, Ocean County,
was sentenced to eighteen months probation
and ordered to pay $368 in restitution
to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. O’Brien
was sentenced by Ocean County Superior
Court Judge Edward J. Turnbach on April
1. O’Brien pleaded guilty to a criminal
Accusation which charged her with fraudulently
obtaining a controlled dangerous substance.
In pleading guilty on Feb. 14, O’Brien
admitted that in March, 2002, while working
for a dentist, she stole a pad of prescription
drug blank forms and used the pad to write
prescriptions for Vicoprofen, a controlled
dangerous substance. An investigation
by the Division of Criminal Justice -
Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor determined
that O’Brien had the prescriptions
filled at The Medicap Pharmacy located
in Barnegat, Ocean County. In addition,
the Accusation charged that O’Brien’s
health insurance company, Horizon Blue
Cross/Blue Shield, paid $368 for the illegally
obtained prescription drugs.
The investigation was conducted by the
Division of Criminal Justice - Office
of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor which
investigates and prosecutes civil and
criminal insurance fraud cases. State
Investigator Weldon Powell and Deputy
Attorney General Peter W. Lee were assigned
to the investigation. DAG Lee represented
the Division of Criminal Justice - Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor at the sentencing
hearing.
www.NJInsuranceFraud.org
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