State: Jersey Shore Chiropractor, 73, With Fraud History Files 261 Bogus Insurance Claims
A Bayonne-based chiropractor from the Jersey Shore with an insurance fraud conviction already on his record did it again, state authorities charged.
Charles B. Boas, 73, of Matawan, got probation seven years ago after pleading guilty to collecting nearly $13,000 through bogus claims, records show.
State officials announced Wednesday that they'd caught him in an even bigger scam -- this time involving hundreds of false submissions to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield.
A grand jury in Trenton indicted Boas on 261 counts involving health care claims fraud, theft by deception and tax evasions, Ac…
Failing Area Restaurateur, Family Member, Facing Life In Prison For Arson, Insurance Fraud
A failing restaurateur who conspired with members of his family to burn down his Hudson Valley business as part of an insurance fraud scheme is facing a host of charges, authorities announced.
Orange County resident Zef Gjurashaj, age 59, of Newburgh, and his nephew’s wife, Yonkers resident Marina Gjurashaj, age 37, were indicted and charged with a series of crimes for allegedly conspiring to burn down his restaurant in 2017.
Specifically, the two were charged by an Orange County grand jury with:
First-degree arson;
Conspiracy;
Insurance fraud;
Tax fraud;
Various other offenses.
Orange C…
Son Of Infamous Bergen County Burglar Charged With ID Theft, Unemployment Fraud
The son of an infamous Bergen County burglar was charged with unemployment fraud after a shoplifting bust in Virginia, authorities said.
A judge ordered Daniel Gatson Jr., 24, of Ridgefield released this week after he was booked into the Bergen County Jail hours earlier, records show.
Gatson assumed another identity to open bank accounts, then applied for and received unemployment benefits from the state of New Jersey, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, without specifying the amount.
Detectives in Fairfax County, VA discovered this while investigating a shoplifting, the prose…
3rd Accused Arsonist Arrested In Jersey City Bodega Fire
A 29-year-old man was the third person to be charged with torching a Jersey City bodega in 2019, authorities announced Tuesday.
Jeremiah Lane surrendered at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Monday, and was charged in connection with the June 9, 2019 blaze at Tribu Minimart on Princeton Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
The shop's two owners, Amado Gonzalez-Abreu, 38, and Francisca Duran-Tejada, age 47, were charged last October, Suarez said.
Gonzalez-Abreu and Duran-Tejada were charged with arson for insurance fraud purposes, while was charged with aggrava…
