N.J. Man Sentenced to Prison in Sale of Phony MVC Documents

February 3, 2004

New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an Essex County man has been sentenced to county prison for selling fictitious Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) documents to an undercover State Investigator assigned to the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor.

According to Vaughn McKoy, director, Division of Criminal Justice and Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Boyd Robinson, 48, of Essex County, was sentenced by Essex County Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin to 364 days in Essex County jail followed by five years probation for selling the simulated documents.

Gooden Brown noted Robinson pleaded guilty on Oct. 17,2003, to charges contained in a State Grand Jury indictment filed by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor.

In pleading guilty, Robinson reportedly admitted that from July through August, 2001, he sold a fictitious automobile insurance identification card purportedly issued by State Farm Indemnity Company and a fictitious New Jersey driver’s license to an undercover state investigator from the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor. Robinson was indicted by a State Grand Jury on July 15 on charges of simulating a motor vehicle insurance ID card, sale of a simulated document and forgery.